--- title: "Why does nobody seem to know what imperative and declarative actually mean?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-does-nobody-seem-to-know-what-imperative-and-declarative-actually-mean--p56cilbjk source_url: https://leebriggs.co.uk/blog/2022/07/20/nobody-knows-what-declarative-is.html type: article source: "Lee Briggs" published: 2023-10-10T13:02:28.281Z updated: 2023-10-10T12:42:48.968Z tags: ["aws", "tools", "terraform", "aws-ec2", "iac", "ansible", "aws-iam", "pulumi"] reading_time: 12 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why does nobody seem to know what imperative and declarative actually mean? **[Lee Briggs](https://daily.dev/sources/leebriggs)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Lee Briggs: Why does nobody seem to know what imperative and declarative actually mean? He says his job description does not expect him to continuously argue with people on the internet about what words mean. The problem is, while it’s not important to my job, I find myself consistently arguing with people about it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#tools](https://daily.dev/tags/tools), [#terraform](https://daily.dev/tags/terraform), [#aws-ec2](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-ec2), [#iac](https://daily.dev/tags/iac), [#ansible](https://daily.dev/tags/ansible), [#aws-iam](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-iam), [#pulumi](https://daily.dev/tags/pulumi) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-does-nobody-seem-to-know-what-imperative-and-declarative-actually-mean--p56cilbjk)