Podcast
HashiCorp's Product Philosophy in Open Source and Feature Minimization
In this edition of the L8ist Sh9y Podcast, Nic Jackson, a developer advocate at HashiCorp, tells us about the product and development philosophy of HashiCorp, and how it impacts the products and open-source components.
The section on product feature limitations and how companies go too far is especially interesting.
Topics covered include:
- HashiCorp Overview
- Design Philosophy (Isolated Tooling)
- Neutral Ground (Open, Integrated Environments)
- Engagement Model
- Open Source Community Model
- Software for Operators
- Terraform De-Coupling
- Terraform is Awesome and Horrible (Edges around Terraform)
- Portability and Abstraction (Partial Abstractions Fail)
- Industry Moving Fast and Tools are too Young
- Build Set of Tools for Single Purpose (Not All Tools Solve Every Problem)
- Adopt Tool Knowing its Role
- Constant Workflow Across Platforms
You can also listen to this edition on rackn.com
