I Failed to Build an IaC Factory with Backstage: Here's Why

I had a grand vision: to build the ultimate DRY IaC factory using Backstage and Terragrunt. Then I actually tried to build the proof-of-concept... and hit a wall. My journey turned into an unexpected post-mortem on the real costs of self-hosting Backstage and a hard lesson in the "build vs. buy" dilemma for developer portals.In my new article, I'm sharing the story, the technical blueprint that still holds up, and the pragmatic pivot that came from my "failure."