Configuration-Truth

Environments Are Not Variables
Why environment context silently reshapes system behaviour.
Declared vs Effective Configuration
Why what you configure is rarely what your system actually runs with.
Configuration Layering
Why configuration rarely lives where people think it does.
Firewalls Enforce Reality — CMDBs Document Approval
Why network communication cannot be explained by CMDBs or discovery alone.
Telemetry-First Infrastructure
Before you automate or govern, you need to see what is actually happening.
The Missing Contract: Effective Runtime Configuration
Why modern systems can explain their health, but not their behaviour.
Why CMDBs Describe Intent, Not Reality
Why configuration databases rarely reflect how systems actually behave.
Why Discovery Does Not Keep CMDBs Up to Date
Why daily discovery mostly updates inventory — not configuration or behaviour.
The Hidden World of Runtime Defaults — The Configuration Layer Nobody Sees
Why defaults shape more system behaviour than explicit configuration, why they are nearly impossible to see, and why they break more systems than manual changes.