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Anyone aware of the rules around this?

I can't see anything explicitly noting the prohibited use of them only disposable and open flame bbq's.

Im a big fan of terraform and was wondering for those how other people that use them manage their state? (I can't quite decide where to put the effort in)

Or if they do at all? E.g. stick with the same s3 or store it in git?

I'm also curious to find out if anyone doesn't use it and for why? Other/better tooling?

As I'm sure many of us do, I work for companies using Terraform/Opentofu in the enterprise where security compliance is a big thing and security professionals don't particularly take the time to triage and authorise tool requests themselves so often come down on the side of declining the requests.

One thing I keep hitting is trying to use community-based Terraform providers from a compliance point of view - a terraform provider with very little, I'll call it, github activity, stars, commits etc.

I get it, unverified/unvetted provider code which are merely go executables with their own supply chain risks - running them in production environments with what is usually quite privileged creds.

Firstly, how do people overcome this with their security teams and what mitigations do they put in place?

e.g. Does anyone actually go to the lengths of forking repositories, reviewing code and then building yourself?

I had an interesting conversation with another nomad the other day and wanted to throw this out there because I'm not sure if it's actually a common problem or just something we've both been annoyed by.

It feels like your phone number becomes this weird anchor when you're moving around a lot.

You might be living in a different country every few months, using local SIMs or eSIMs, but your old number is still tied to loads of important stuff:

• banking
• government/medical accounts
• investment platforms
• email accounts
• random services that still insist on SMS verification

The annoying part is you end up keeping a SIM active purely for the occasional text.

Some of the workarounds I've heard people use:

• keep paying for a home SIM they barely use
• carry multiple SIMs around
• keep an old phone switched on just for receiving codes
• rely on roaming and hope it works
• struggle with local services that require a local mobile number (India was one example that came up)

The idea we started discussing was basically:

What if you could keep a "home" number, but receive SMS somewhere else (like an app or email), without needing the physical SIM with you?

But then we started debating whether this is actually a problem worth solving, or whether most people just accept it as part of living internationally.

Curious how others handle this:

• How do you manage your home number when travelling long term?
• Have you ever been stuck because you couldn't receive an SMS code?
• Would a service that helped manage this actually be useful, or would you never trust it for important accounts?

Just trying to understand if this is a real pain point or a very niche annoyance.

I had an interesting conversation with another nomad the other day and wanted to throw this out there because I'm not sure if it's actually a common problem or just something we've both been annoyed by.

Basically, the way I position it is your phone number becomes this weird anchor when you're moving around a lot.

You might be living in a different country every few months, using local SIMs or eSIMs, but your old number is still tied to loads of important stuff:

• banking
• government/medical accounts
• investment platforms
• email accounts
• random services that still insist on SMS verification

The annoying bit is you end up keeping a SIM active purely so you can receive the occasional text.

Throwing it out there we came up with personas who:

• keep paying for a home SIM they barely use
• carry multiple SIMs around
• keep an old phone switched off just for receiving codes
• rely on roaming and hope it works
• local services relying on local mobile numbers (an indian gov service was the example)

The idea that came up was basically: what if you could have a "permanent travel number" where SMS could be received somewhere else (like an app or email), so you don't need to physically keep the SIM with you?

But then we debated whether this is actually a problem worth solving or whether most people just put up with it.

I'm curious:

How do you handle your home number when travelling long term?

Have you ever been stuck because you couldn't receive an SMS code?

Would something like a permanent number/SMS inbox actually be useful, or would you never trust something like that for important accounts?

Just trying to understand if this is a real pain point or a very niche annoyance.