infrawise check Catches AI-Generated Cloud Infrastructure Bugs Before Production Deploy

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A new CI tool called infrawise check aims to prevent infrastructure-level bugs introduced by AI-generated code from reaching production environments. The tool connects to live cloud resources such as AWS DynamoDB and PostgreSQL to detect anti-patterns like full table scans or missing indexes that static analyzers and unit tests cannot identify. It integrates into GitHub Actions with a single step and exits with code 1 when high-severity findings are detected, blocking the deployment pipeline automatically. Findings include specific table names and caller functions along with targeted remediation advice, rather than generic warnings. The tool addresses a growing blind spot where AI coding assistants generate syntactically correct code that compiles and passes tests but performs poorly at scale against real infrastructure.

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