Kief Morris at infrastructure-as-code.com nails it: having agents write reusable infrastructure code is far safer than letting them drive Terraform directly. But the ecosystem of composable components he envisions already exists—it’s called BigConfig.
In this reply, we explore how BigConfig’s package manager model gives agents exactly the high-level abstraction layer they need to go from “messy tourist” to reliable infrastructure composer.
Is AI really just a “tourist” when it comes to Infrastructure as Code? While many DevOps practitioners find comfort in AI’s current struggles with complex Terraform repositories, this article argues we are misdiagnosing the problem. By comparing our current DevOps landscape to the “pre-React” era of web development, we explore why a lack of abstraction—not a lack of intelligence—is holding AI back. Discover why the shift toward high-level abstractions like BigConfig is turning AI from a fumbling tourist into a superhuman, and what this means for the future of your career.
