“HashiCorp: Past, Present, Future”
In this article, our guest contributor @shawnxusy takes you to explore the tech & biz model of HashiCorp $HCP, one of the most prominent open source startups to date.
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In this article, our guest contributor @shawnxusy takes you to explore the tech & biz model of HashiCorp $HCP, one of the most prominent open source startups to date.
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@shawnxusy 1/ Like pianola that consistently automates piano playing, HashiCorp $HCP builds consistency via automation in cloud infra space.
Ex. Terraform automates away repetitive steps in provisioning a new EC2 server instance on AWS thru template, w/o replacing infra engineers #lowcode
Ex. Terraform automates away repetitive steps in provisioning a new EC2 server instance on AWS thru template, w/o replacing infra engineers #lowcode
@shawnxusy 2/ Origin story:
Growing up, co-founder @mitchellh wrote bots that auto-perform repetitive steps in games.
In 2009, his frustration of spending hours switching computing contexts to simulate diff customer environments prompted HashiCorp’s 1st open source product, Vagrant
Growing up, co-founder @mitchellh wrote bots that auto-perform repetitive steps in games.
In 2009, his frustration of spending hours switching computing contexts to simulate diff customer environments prompted HashiCorp’s 1st open source product, Vagrant
@shawnxusy @mitchellh 3/ HashiCorp now makes $ mostly from Terraform, Vault, Consul, Nomad, each in a discrete domain & together forming a convincing IaC story:
Terraform: resource provisioning
Nomad: service orchestration
Consul: service discovery
Vault: credential management
Terraform: resource provisioning
Nomad: service orchestration
Consul: service discovery
Vault: credential management
@shawnxusy @mitchellh 4/ 4 factors behind HashiCorp’s success:
a. right balance between bundling/unbundling
b. Docker taking off
c. growing infra w/o infra talent
d. pragmatism embodied in Mitchell’s fav slang, Shoganai (しょうがない, Japanese saying meaning "it can’t be helped"/"it has to be done")
a. right balance between bundling/unbundling
b. Docker taking off
c. growing infra w/o infra talent
d. pragmatism embodied in Mitchell’s fav slang, Shoganai (しょうがない, Japanese saying meaning "it can’t be helped"/"it has to be done")
@shawnxusy @mitchellh 5/ HashiCorp's growth will prob continue in short run w cloud computing & IaC, but change is underway w new low-code & declarative products.
Can it adapt? Nomad’s success seems to say yes, and its "Shoganai" spirit will serve its future well. $HCP
Read👇
interconnected.blog/hashicorp-past…
Can it adapt? Nomad’s success seems to say yes, and its "Shoganai" spirit will serve its future well. $HCP
Read👇
interconnected.blog/hashicorp-past…
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