Walking on a Rope

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Cedar speaks in binary tongues
Permit flows or forbid runs
Authorization's narrow lane
Cannot touch the broader pain
AWS ecosystem thrives
While other platforms barely survive
Open source but tethered tight
To Amazon's guiding light

[Chorus]
Walking on a rope so thin
Cedar's scope won't let you in
To obligations unexpressed
Only access gets addressed
Permit, forbid - that's all you get
No require, no safety net
Walking on authorization's wire
Missing half of what you require

[Verse 2]
Code lives silent in the dark
No documentation leaves its mark
Audit trails need separate tools
Cedar breaks compliance rules
Cannot say what must be done
Only what's allowed to run
Proactive duties slip away
Cedar's blind to obligation's way

[Chorus]
Walking on a rope so thin
Cedar's scope won't let you in
To obligations unexpressed
Only access gets addressed
Permit, forbid - that's all you get
No require, no safety net
Walking on authorization's wire
Missing half of what you require

[Bridge]
Change management falls through cracks
Incident response lacks
Training duties disappear
Risk assessment nowhere near
Cedar carves one perfect slice
But pays a heavy price

[Chorus]
Walking on a rope so thin
Cedar's scope won't let you in
To obligations unexpressed
Only access gets addressed
Permit, forbid - that's all you get
No require, no safety net
Walking on authorization's wire
Missing half of what you require

[Outro]
Ecosystem dependency real
Narrow focus makes you feel
Like you're dancing on a thread
When compliance needs more spread

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