The purpose of IaC depends on the use case, but I claim that the primary capability of IaC is the generation of multiple distinct configurations, variants, from the same IaC source code. medium.com/@bgrant0607/... Do you agree? #infrastructureascode #gitops

Variant generation is the primary capability of Infrastructure as Code

Variant generation, i.e. the generation of multiple distinct configurations from the same IaC code, is the primary capability of IaC.

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@chanwitkaewkasi.bsky.social and I used 4 different models to generate the Terraform for an AWS EKS cluster. Which one produced the best result? medium.com/@bgrant0607/... #infrastructureascode #terraform

The status of LLM-based Terraform Generation at the end of 2024

Evaluation of several models finds that they can produce working AWS Terraform now. Claude produced good results.

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Why do Terraform, Pulumi, Helm, and other IaC / K8s tools store state? What challenges does it cause? What are the primary sources of those challenges? medium.com/@bgrant0607/... Do you feel that state should be unnecessary? #infrastructureascode #terraform #kubernetes

State in Infrastructure as Code tools

Why IaC tools like Terraform and Helm store state, and why it creates challenges

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Bluesky now has 13M+ users, the @atproto.com developer ecosystem continues to grow, and we’ve shipped features like DMs and video! We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised a $15M Series A to continue growing the community, investing in Trust and Safety, and supporting the dev ecosystem.

Bluesky Announces Series A to Grow Network of 13M+ Users - Bluesky

Bluesky now exceeds 13 million users, the AT Protocol developer ecosystem continues to grow, and we’ve shipped highly requested features like direct messages and video.

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To grow sustainably, we’re working on a subscription model for premium features like higher-quality video uploads and profile customizations (think colors and avatar frames), but Bluesky will always be free to use. We believe information and conversation should stay accessible to everyone.

Big +1 Congratulations to Buoyant and linkerd. As a community CNCF needs to fully support all commercial open source ventures of this type. Too much energy, albeit well meant, has been expended slowing them down. Open source products are commercial versions of open source projects!

Kelsey Hightower@kelseyhightower.com · 2y ago

It's really hard to build a sustainable business around open source software so it's worth celebrating those who manage to pull it off. Congratulations to William and the entire Linkerd team.