Ask HN: What about taking Infra as Code a step further? Infra as an app?

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I'm convinced that Pulumi is the future, because it's true Code as Infra, actual Javascript, not glorified config files like Terraform. But what about your infrastructure as an application?

Like a proper, opinionated, framework like you'd expect when coding apps. I.e Rails for Ruby, the Android Framework for Java, etc... SDK wise, this would include codification of resources from cloud providers (CRUD servers/dbs). But also things like a testing sub-framework, an ecosystem of libraries, integrations for popular IDEs, best practices, etc...

The reasons for wanting to program the cloud seem pretty clear: modern programming languages like JS are the best control systems we have. But then, code = bugs, so it's not an insta-win either. Surely the missing piece is a framework for cloud code. Essentially letting DevOps leverage code as deeply as application developers do

Whaddya think?

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