RT is an opinionated Application Infrastructure and Deployment tool with an aim to standardize deployments across an organization
Defines consistent practices & patterns around Scalability, Security & Monitoring Defines a clear contract about who or what team is responsible for a given shared resource Ease of use around duplication, re-creation, lifecycle and disposal of application & environments Both Application Infrastructure (DBs/compute) and Deployment (code) are defined in versioned configuration. Makes disaster recovery simpler by applying/deploying in second region.
Encourages devops practices, specifically allowing developers to take control of their own infrastructure and lessen the burden on central team, but at the same time allowing for separation where needed - PCI or where skills/time are at a deficit