Teaching Terraform refactors as jazz, not demolition

Refactors wobble. We lean into that by pairing learners with cloud lab engineers who hum prompts instead of dictating keystrokes. The goal is judgment, not speed. Paragraph two explains scoring: you earn credit for documenting rollback paths even if the refactor stalls halfway. That mirrors enterprise markets where partial wins still ship value. Third, we share a rubric excerpt—readable in five minutes—covering blast radius, documentation debt, and test coverage for plans. Nothing here pretends to be legal advice; it is internal quality standards language. We close with a candid limitation: jazz-style sessions frustrate learners who want rigid checklists. We offer alternate written playbooks on request.