A historical survey of 70 years of infrastructure documentation challenges, from physical binders and spreadsheets through SNMP, CMDBs, and IaC tools, examining why each approach fell short. The core argument is that documentation fails not just due to tooling gaps but due to data model limitations and organizational
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In the Beginning, There Was PaperSNMP and the Dream of Auto-DiscoveryITIL, CMDBs, and the Enterprise BetDefining Infrastructure in CodeInfrastructure Is Back. And It’s More Complex Than Ever.So What Would It Actually Take?Where NetBox FitsSeventy Years and CountingSort: