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
Just like folks in Oulu still use cars (either owned or rented) infra people will continue to use Terraform and CloudFormation.
But you know, for like 90% of your day-to-day a bike is more than enough ā you're not moving furniture 5 times a day.
SI makes that 90% blissful!
And, for the record, SI still has a bunch of code!
It's just hidden away and only there when you legitimately need it ā it's not thrown in your face and it's not made a mandatory requirement.
And oh boy, is it powerful. It makes all other IaC look like horses instead of cars š¤Æ
I've been privileged enough to get both to try out SI early and to chat to the team building SI.
Let me tell you, they're doing everything right. 100% EVERYTHING PERFECT. Seriously. Even the crankiest version of me had 0 things to complain about.
For every single potential worry and concern I had, the SI team already had a top-notch action plan drawn up: what the issues are, how to tackle the issues, how to improve the experience around the issue, how to fix the issues, and how to actually build a product around it all.
Sure, they have all the time to fuck this up, but I don't think they will.
They're focused. They're skilled as heck. They're not doing any dirty and annoying growth hacks. They're not compromising. They're not self-sabotaging. They're fully and completely on top of thisā£ļø
Also, I have to brag š
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(full disclosure: SI did not pay me. They did send me some swag and I actually had to pay evil import taxes for that so I guess my balance is negative)
Anyway, I am excited as heck about System Initiative and y'all need to put this at the top of your "things to keep an eye on and try" list.
I think they'll start a new era for DevOps and I can't wait to use this š