ustawom

Ustawom is a neologism used in online discourse about configuration management and automation. It refers to the process of establishing and applying a standardized configuration baseline across multiple environments to ensure consistency and reduce configuration drift.

The term is used as both a noun and a verb within DevOps and systems administration communities. It likely arose in late 2010s online discussions and draws on the Polish root ustaw- meaning to set up, combined with a pseudo-Latin noun ending.

A ustawom typically comprises a defined baseline, templates, and automation scripts that codify settings for operating systems, applications, and networks. The goal is reproducibility and faster recovery; once a ustawom is in place, new environments can be created by applying the baseline rather than reconfiguring by hand.

Adoption frameworks vary; practitioners use infrastructure as code, configuration management, and containerization to implement ustawom. Critics warn about rigidity, over-standardization, and the risk of masking misconfigurations if the baseline is flawed.

History and usage of the term are most evident in practitioner blogs and forum threads rather than formal standards. It remains primarily within software development, cloud operations, and IT governance contexts.

See also: Infrastructure as code, Configuration management, Config drift, Baseline configuration.