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In today’s digital world, protecting data is more important than ever. Over 90% of websites rely on hashing, not encryption, to store passwords securely. But what’s the difference between hashing, encryption, and encoding? Let’s break down these concepts in simple terms, and explore where and why they are used. What Is Hashing? Hashing is like taking some text—say, “hello”—feeding it into a “magic blender,” and getting out a short, fixed-length code like 2cf24d… —a hash . Every time “hello” goes in, you always get the same hash. But if you tweak “hello” to “Hello” (capital H), you get a totally different code. Hashing is one-way —you can’t “unblend” the hash to get “hello” back. Example: You type “apple” into a hash function → you get 1f3870be274f… Try again with “apple” → same result. Try “apple “ (with a space) → a completely different result, like 5a105e8b9d40… Why is this useful? It lets systems check your password without ever storing the actual password — t...

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is rapidly becoming the backbone of modern IT operations. According to a recent study, over 75% of enterprises now use some form of automation for provisioning infrastructure, demonstrating how quickly infrastructure as code is reshaping IT teams. In this blog, we explore infrastructure as code , often abbreviated “infrastructure as code(IaC),” along with the variant term “infra as a code,” guiding readers from expert coders to freshers, and even those with no coding background. We'll also examine iac infrastructure as code tools, especially Terraform infrastructure as code and Azure infrastructure as code, while clarifying What is Kubernetes vs Terraform? and answering the pressing question: Is infrastructure as code dead?   What Is Infrastructure as Code? At its core, infrastructure as code means managing and provisioning computing infrastructure, servers, networks, load balancers, and more, through machine-readable definition files, rather ...