Terraform doesn't run a control loop. If you've never been in a situation where you've needed a control loop to reconcile the deployment state, then you've prob

Terraform doesn't run a control loop. If you've never been in a situation where you've needed a control loop to reconcile the deployment state, then you've probably never needed an operator. In most cases, the native controllers (and resources) from Kubernetes are enough, but sometimes, an application requires additional hand-holding. I find this to be especially true for legacy applications.