Vlad Ionescu (he/him)
@iamvlaaaaaaad
sugarbaby cosplaying as a tech consultant β’ mean eastern european with unrealistically high expectations and unreasonable quality standards π³οΈβπhe/himπ³οΈβπ
Why I am not posting about re:Invent
Oops, I should've announced this: folks, I am all alive and fine β I am just not posting thoughts about re:Invent for now!
I appreciate all the slightly-panicked DMs y'all sent me and I am flattered that you were so concerned π
1/12 (thread to explain why I am not posting)
What is the first reason I am not posting about re:Invent? It's not my style.
I hate "first look" posts β I consider them high-risk (I could be wrong) and low-value (everybody does that + I will have a deeper dive posted in December*). For me, it's not worth it π€·
2/12
Clarifications on "OpenTF is disconnected from reality"
Some clarifications, since it's clear I failed at properly communicating in the quoted thread π
TL;DR:
- strong words are used to express strong feelings
- nobody paid me to write that
- I do know what I am talking about
- I criticized OpenTF based on their public actions
1/8
twitter.com/iamvlaaaaaaad/status/1696521808143683812
π€¬ Strong words have a role
I find spreading misinformation absolutely fucking disgusting and I will refer to it as such. I may even be nice and remove the f-word but I will not describe it as "bad" just to be nice. That would be fake, insincere, and inaccurate.
2/8
OpenTF is disconnected from reality
OpenTF is disconnected from reality.
They don't understand Terraform, they don't understand users, they don't understand the ecosystem, and they don't even understand who's at the table. Or that there is a table!
Let me explain how dumb this whole thing is... π§΅
1/75 (i know)
TL;DR: OpenTF is a failure and you should not be taking it seriously. At all.
This will be a very long thread. I know and I am sorry for that, but y'all really need to see the whole story to understand how utterly pathetic this whole drama is.
2/75
Follow-up #2 to HashiCorp's license changes and ripple effects
π‘Freakin' dumbass wannabe shitfluencers π’
I just wanted to share how fast and strongly this spread at CxO levels and how intense the reaction were aaaaaand dumbasses took this and twisted it into "TERrAforM iS DeAD" and "OSS is gONe" π€¦
Let me clarify some things ... π§΅
1/32
twitter.com/iamvlaaaaaaad/status/1690039537370824704
If you missed it, there was a follow-up to the original thread.
TL;DR for that: the emotional reaction matters A LOT more than the facts. We're humans and we act as humans, for better or worse. In this case: businesses are scared of OSS now.
2/32
twitter.com/iamvlaaaaaaad/status/1690114917297188864
HashiCorp's license changes and ripple effects
The impact from this is way wider than initially thought β this is sending ripples across the whole tech sector!
A thread that may or may not be a bit paranoid / anxiety-powered π§΅
1/22
twitter.com/HashiCorp/status/1689733106813562880
TL;DR: this was initially perceived as a supply chain attack. It's (debatably) not that, but the concerns it created will persist. I think we'll see some interesting consolidation and some fundamental architectural changes in the next cycle. I could be wrong tho π€·
2/22
Private beta and maybe the future: System Initiative
Terraform is a car and CloudFormation is a delivery van.
After a while, techies got _passionate_ and came out with CDK and Pulumi which are pretty much a Hummer H2.
@thesysteminit: leave the US car-focused hellscape, move Amsterdam/Oulu, and get an electric bike. Pure bliss!
twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1671536868582912001
Of course, the "DevOps-are-real-devs-I-swear-here-is-another-100k-of-Golang-to-prove-it" infrastructure engineers will be very reluctant and dismissive of this.
I get it, trauma is hard to get over *hugs*
That said, trust me and try SI. It's amazing!
twitter.com/iamvlaaaaaaad/status/1670719831186845701
Reaction to AWS releasing something
AWS: releases a 4-seat SUV.
Tech thought leaders:
1οΈβ£ "Dammit AWS, this is too big for the 1 me to use to cross the street. Followers, this is shit, do not use!"
2οΈβ£ "Dammit AWS, this does not have the 56 seats I need to transport people. Audience, this is shit, do not use!"
π€¦
AWS: releases a fun convertible car, good mileage, $50k price, super-comfortable.
Shitfluencers: dammit AWS, the trunk of this is so small. How can I carry 5 tons of fertilizer with this!?! Dear followers, this is a shit service, do not use.
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re:Invent 2022 recap
After watching 289 talks, I can now confidently share my re:Invent 2022 recap π΅οΈββοΈ
Verdict: I am whelmed. Not underwhelmed or overwhelmed, just whelmed.
Since there were a bunch of other "unboxing" recaps already, here's a thread with an β¨actionableβ¨ recap.
Beware #1: I am a dum-dum working with partial information here. There's a fair chance this thread will have at least a couple mistakes or bad takes. Always hedge your bets!
Beware #2: I am only *only* talking about re:Invent launches. No pre-invent releases!
Recipe for disaster: AWS' Deployment Pipeline Reference Architecture
Another "so close and yet so far away" release from AWS
AWS needs to realize that:
1οΈβ£there's a world outside AWS
2οΈβ£not everybody has AWS' reliability requirements & profit margins
This could've been awesome, but no, AWS keeps repeating the same mistakes
pipelines.devops.aws.dev
To be fair, the Deployment Pipeline Reference Architecture (DPRA) gets *A LOT* of things right. Good job on that!
Seriously π I especially like all the examples!
And there's a big need for something like this. I applaud AWS tackling this!
But then problems starts to appear...
Office Hours
Announcing the return of office hours β now in a paid, 1-hour format!
For 1000β¬, you can get my thoughts on any problem and actionable solutions for your company. No more strategic blunders!
office-hours.vladionescu.me
I used to do this a lot in the past: folks reached out to get my thoughts over DMs/email and we'd schedule something.
Due to a bunch of abuse I was forced to stop π
I missed them A LOT, so paid office hours is my attempt at bringing this back! We'll see how it goes π€