🔧 Drift detection and autoscaling are the same shape: ask the provider, then decide

TL;DR



Drift detection and autoscaling look like different features. They're the same loop: observe → compare to intent → decide → act.
The single most important rule: read actual state from the provider, not from your own tables. Your table saying "running" next to a VM that no longer exists is the drift.
Both belong behind a contract, driven...