CDK

Definitions

CDK is a cloud development kit style framework for defining infrastructure in code. It is commonly used for provisioning repeatable cloud resources with familiar programming languages, where teams need predictable behavior under real workloads rather than toy examples. Practitioners pay attention to generated plans, abstraction leaks, and provider support, because those factors usually determine whether the approach improves quality, latency, reliability, or operating cost in production.
In plain English: CDK is a software engineering concept that helps developers structure code, run systems, or debug behavior more reliably in real projects.
Example: "We standardized on CDK in this service because the old approach was fragile under load; the new implementation reduced operational surprises and made the codebase easier for the next engineer to reason about."