Terraform is a must-have tool in any software developer’s toolbox, allowing for declarative configuration of cloud resources. It increases visibility into deployments, helps with security, auditability, and accountability, and speeds up deployment processes. The Timescale Terraform provider enables users to deploy and destroy Timescale services using Terraform, providing a convenient and efficient way to manage their database. The provider allows users to configure their services with CPU, memory, storage, region, and prevent_destroy lifecycle rules. Users can retrieve the service password using outputs and synthesize the connection string as an output for easy deployment of other resources. When ready to destroy a service, users must remove or comment out the prevent_destroy lifecycle rule and then use the terraform destroy command. With the Timescale Terraform provider, developers can focus on their applications rather than their database, making it possible to achieve speedy deployments and reduce tedious configuration tasks.