What does HackerNews think of terraform-cdk?

Define infrastructure resources using programming constructs and provision them using HashiCorp Terraform

Language: TypeScript

#125 in Hacktoberfest
#6 in Terraform
#3 in Terraform
Cloud, Why So Difficult? | May 2023
Expand Context ↕
https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk uses CDK's constructs
AWS IAM Roles, a tale of unnecessary complexity | Nov 2022
Expand Context ↕
Why not both? https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk
Terraform Scripting Concepts | Jan 2022
Expand Context ↕
This already exists. https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk/
HashiCorp – S1 | Nov 2021
Im gonna take this moment to plug cdktf: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk

It's something I have been playing with recently and oh boy the possibilities here are really exciting.

I built a modern website in 2021 | Oct 2021
Expand Context ↕
I agree. It's so weird to me that a developer would choose to write 30-40% more code than necessary. I love the simplicity of NodeJS/Javacript itself.

Plus, there's the fact that TypeScript is developed, owned, and maintained by Microsoft.

Look into their 3 E's campaign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...

and we see it in action-- Here's an example.

Terraform CDK [1] -- It offers TypeScript as a language, but not NodeJS. Huh. That's puzzling. I wonder if Microsoft funds the project and requested it to prioritize TypeScript over NodeJS.

Additionally, in March 2020, Microsoft purchased npm.

I am saddened to see Microsoft moving into a position of control & domination in the Javascript/NodeJS ecosystem.

[1] https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk
Terraform vs. AWS CloudFormation | Oct 2021
Expand Context ↕
"tempted to give Terraform a look, but if I do, it will be terraform + CDK probably: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk "

The above package supports typescript as a language but not nodejs ... no thank you.

I don't want to see microsoft products (typescript) taking the place of the original, open source products (javascript/nodejs) upon which they are based