Principles
Design Principles¶
Core design principles and philosophy.
Security First¶
- Automatic secret masking in logs and safe_repr()
- No secrets in plaintext unless explicitly requested
- Cloud providers override local config by default (secrets win)
- Full audit trail for compliance
Cloud-Agnostic Core¶
- Azure and AWS integrations are optional plugins
- Core library works without cloud SDKs
- Graceful degradation if providers unavailable
Deterministic Precedence¶
Configuration precedence is fixed and documented - no ambiguity.
Enterprise Defaults¶
- Validation enabled by default
- Tracing available for observability
- Caching enabled for performance
- Strict mode available for production
Backward Compatibility¶
- Old API is fully supported
- New features are additive
- No breaking changes
Performance¶
- Caching to reduce API calls
- Circuit breakers for resilience
- Performance monitoring with SLAs