DevOps and infrastructure automation lag behind technological evolution, remaining largely static despite advances such as cloud and containers. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approaches struggle to adapt to multicloud environments and devops collaboration needs, leading to versioning and maintenance challenges. Traditional IaC tools often deposit static configuration files that become burdensome at scale. System Initiative proposes a paradigm shift in automation practices, aiming to redefine how automation is conceptualized and implemented, promising a more flexible and integrated solution that addresses contemporary challenges.
"While the tech landscape has changed, the way we think about building automation has not," says Adam Jacob, CEO and co-founder at System Initiative. "It's had an incredible run, but we've taken that idea as far as it can go."
"The traditional Terraform or OpenTofu model is very declarative," says Ryan Ryke, CEO of Cloud Life. "You think, 'I'm going to build my castle!' But on Day Two, your castle is falling apart because some developer went in and made some changes."
At the end of the day, IaC is still just static config files sitting in GitHub repositories that either get stale, or must be regularly reviewed, tested, and updated, becoming a maintenance burden at scale.
"Paradigm shift" is a phrase that shouldn't be used lightly - but that's the promise of System Initiative. "System Initiative comes closest to a single pane of glass I've seen," says Neil Hanlon, founder and infrastructure lead at Rocky Linux.
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