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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 22h

It also means there is more opportunity in more domains than folks realize. The performance of the AI agent layer will be a real differentiator in the medium term. It opens up the door for platform disruption all over the metaphorical show.

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 22h

This is the way.

Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 22h

The next round changes the core structure- it embeds policy checks, it has better APIs for exploration, and it asks the LLM to do almost nothing but coordinate and explore. Which it’s quite good at!

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 22h

The first round of this was all LLM maximalist. Tools that mimic exactly what people do (exec!). Including not being able to correct bad input until later in the game (bad syntax? Invent a library? Find out at test or runtime!). It’s a miracle they work as well as they do.

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 22h

I think Kelsey is right that non deterministic automation sucks. He’s wrong on the outcome - it will be that we build the right deterministic layer for agents to work with to solve our problems. Think “plain language compiler”. The LLM must do *as little as possible* to be effective.

Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 1d

One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 12d

Federal Troops Arrive in Portland and Immediately Form Bands

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 13d

There is nothing more "fundamental" about Terraform than System Initiative. :)

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 13d

which fundamental exactly? :)

Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 13d

Steve! Let me show you how to use System Initiative instead.

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 13d

They’re always consistently sharks that eat to live. I appreciate it about them. :)

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 13d

Wasn’t a nightmare for us! :)

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 14d

Blazing the trails since tv way back, I am

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 14d

It’s harder to make those bd deals than folks think!

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 14d

That's a good move!

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 15d

The hardest part of doing it with SI? Realizing you can just do it.

AI Native Infrastructure Automation is here. It is amazing. Get in here. docs.systeminit.com/what-is-si

What is System Initiative | System Initiative Docs

The documentation for System Initiative https://systeminit.com

docs.systeminit.com

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 15d

This would have taken days to do with IaC, and would have required a complete rebuild of the infrastructure. Or weeks, trying to import the state and match it to the structure. Either way, such a pain that you wouldn't even conceive of it.

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 15d

- The baseline to start automating how the application evolves - updating with new versions, scaling horizontally, etc.
- The ability to ask security and architecture questions about the infrastructure, and on-board new folks by getting summaries of the current state of the system.

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 15d

They had:

- A complete map of what they had done in AWS
- The ability to rebuild that infrastructure from scratch if needed (just 'duplicate' the infrastructure and apply the new change set)

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 15d

A System Initiative had a problem: they had production infrastructure in AWS that they built by hand, and they needed it to be automated. They pasted their architecture diagram into our AI Agent, and asked it to discover it. 15 minutes later, they had it all done. One shot.

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 20d

Come on Start Trek, you just remade Enemy Mine? It’s weak sauce.

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 23d

Tomas Lindberg has died. One of the greatest heavy musicians of all time. At The Gates forever. Rest in peace. :(

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 28d

Ha!

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Jessica Kerr @jessitron.bsky.social · 28d

"getting COVID won't help you thrive in an AI-native world" @adamhjk.me #o11yDay #honeycomb

He's doing a great talk, but he has COVID so we have to watch it on video. 😭

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Adam Jacob @adamhjk.me · 28d

Any feedback for the talk other than “have more energy”? :)

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The New Stack @thenewstack.io · Sep 8

@systeminit.com’s platform turns generative AI prompts into solutions that you can simulate before deployment.

By @hjoslyn.bsky.social feat. @adamhjk.me

Chef Creator Unveils AI Platform To Fix Flaws With Infrastructure Automation

System Initiative’s platform turns generative AI prompts into solutions that you can simulate before deployment.

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