Terrabook – Replit for Infrastructure
Hi HN, one of the founders here. We were thinking hard on what would lower the entry barrier / smoothen the learning curve for infrastructure. It's got to be easy to build so something visual probably; and it's got to be "real" so perhaps some kind of infra-as-code underneath. We experimented a lot with the low-code angle (the most recent OpsFlow which we got tons of feedback on from HN - thank you!!) And then it hit us. With python, there's a huge difference in ease of use between a Jupyter notebook and locally run python code, even though the code is the same. So we don't even need to…
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Terrabook is a visual infrastructure-as-code tool that uses blocks of pre-filled Terraform code to lower the barrier to entry for building infrastructure. Designed for developers and infrastructure learners, it combines the ease of interactive notebooks with real, executable infrastructure code. The platform lets users work with Terraform in an accessible block-based format similar to Jupyter notebooks, making it easier to learn and experiment with infrastructure without hiding the underlying code.
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Hi HN, one of the founders here. We were thinking hard on what would lower the entry barrier / smoothen the learning curve for infrastructure. It's got to be easy to build so something visual probably; and it's got to be "real" so perhaps some kind of infra-as-code underneath. We experimented a lot with the low-code angle (the most recent OpsFlow which we got tons of feedback on from HN - thank you!!) And then it hit us. With python, there's a huge difference in ease of use between a Jupyter notebook and locally run python code, even though the code is the same. So we don't even need to hide the code, as long as it is easy to write. Replit demonstrates the same concept even more vividly; but we thought we'd borrow the blocks idea from Jupyter / Google Colab. This is how Terrabook came to be - just blocks of Terraform really. The key thing is that they are pre-filled, and you can write whatever you want. a. Mix and match pre built terraform. b. Modify pre built blocks to create your own custom terraform c. Deploy to AWS in one click. We also added templates for frontend, backend & databases - so you just click a button and get a working piece. HN has been a constant source of constructive feedback for us, and we would be extremely grateful for insight on how you feel TerraBook is. Feel free to drop your harshest feedback in the comments below!
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