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How Do YOU CM2? – Part 5

by Martijn Dullaart
November 26, 2025January 15, 2026

In case you missed them, you can find the following How do YOU CM2? posts in the 50th edition🥳 of the Future of CM newsletter:

🧑‍🚒 When ‘Saving the Day’ Becomes the Problem.
🐺 Why does Configuration Management have such a bad reputation?
😵‍💫 Are you planning on hallucinating your next product?

Why does Configuration Management have such a bad reputation?

by Martijn Dullaart
November 18, 2025January 15, 2026

Let’s be honest, when many people hear “Configuration Management”, their first reaction isn’t excitement. It’s usually something like:

“That’s bureaucracy.”
“That slows us down.”
“That’s for documentation people.”