System Initiative has open sourced its collab DevOps tool

It looks cool, but I would be hesitant to leave IaC behind. DevOps&#x2F;sysadmin kind of people are infamous for (generally) not liking GUIs for a reason. We like being able to grep through a repo, revert to older versions of the code, and deploy new infra all through the CLI.<p>It might be adopted by people who already do ClickOps or aren&#x27;t comfortable with the CLI, but I&#x27;m not sure about the rest of us. Looking forward to seeing how it progresses.

Hi holoway, I&#x27;ve been following your project for a couple of months now. How do you compare yourselves to upbound&#x2F;crossplane?<p>IME crossplane has been a &quot;much better terraform&quot; and also borrows from some of tf&#x27;s open source provider code. Seems to be one of the best IaC pattern for k8s centric shops.<p>Pros: - adoption of k8s core engine, state mgmt<p>- model everything as a CRD, consistent definition pattern both infra and app<p>- open source<p>- great UI when layered with argoCD<p>- declarative<p>Cons:<p>- steep abstraction learning curve (for me anyway)<p>- docs lacked key context for newbs (also getting way better, big efforts here)<p>edit: formatting

I read their website, their Github project page, and still have no idea what it is (but I know how to install it!). I started to read their blog post but it&#x27;s too long and while they claim this tool is useful for DevOps, I couldn&#x27;t find any info on how it accomplishes that.

Used identical tools before. It&#x27;s just another vendor lock in monoculture. Doesn&#x27;t matter that it&#x27;s open source. The design is such that it&#x27;s all or nothing. Same as Terraform.

The interface looks sexy. The binding to paid services instead of binding to APIs of open source systems makes me just sigh and go on with my life without System Initiative.

Hey - CEO here. Happy to answer questions if y&#x27;all have any.

I got through the first half of the tutorial. I have a busy week but I was excited to see this. It’s right in line with tool I’ve been trying to cobble with distracted effort for nearly a decade. I am so excited to continue to use this tool. Y’all nailed it.