Adam Jacob
@adamhjk.me
CEO of System Initiative, Co-Founder of Chef. Open source. Heavy metal and music. Comics. @adamhjk on Twitter, @adamhjk@hachyderm.io on Masotodon.
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.
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.
October 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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.
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Federal Troops Arrive in Portland and Immediately Form Bands
September 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Federal Troops Arrive in Portland and Immediately Form Bands
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.
September 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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.
Come on Start Trek, you just remade Enemy Mine? It’s weak sauce.
September 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Come on Start Trek, you just remade Enemy Mine? It’s weak sauce.
Tomas Lindberg has died. One of the greatest heavy musicians of all time. At The Gates forever. Rest in peace. :(
September 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Tomas Lindberg has died. One of the greatest heavy musicians of all time. At The Gates forever. Rest in peace. :(
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"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. 😭
He's doing a great talk, but he has COVID so we have to watch it on video. 😭
September 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"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. 😭
He's doing a great talk, but he has COVID so we have to watch it on video. 😭
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@systeminit.com’s platform turns generative AI prompts into solutions that you can simulate before deployment.
By @hjoslyn.bsky.social feat. @adamhjk.me
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.
bit.ly
September 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
@systeminit.com’s platform turns generative AI prompts into solutions that you can simulate before deployment.
By @hjoslyn.bsky.social feat. @adamhjk.me
By @hjoslyn.bsky.social feat. @adamhjk.me
Cage the Elephant is great live. On the record they are so flat - but live they rock hard.
September 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Cage the Elephant is great live. On the record they are so flat - but live they rock hard.
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If you have a bunch of infra in AWS, check this out.
Folks struggle all the time to understand what exactly they have inside their AWS accounts.
@systeminit.com's got you. Discover your resources, then start asking questions about how it works, its security posture, and more.
systeminit.com/blog/underst...
@systeminit.com's got you. Discover your resources, then start asking questions about how it works, its security posture, and more.
systeminit.com/blog/underst...
System Initiative
systeminit.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If you have a bunch of infra in AWS, check this out.
Folks struggle all the time to understand what exactly they have inside their AWS accounts.
@systeminit.com's got you. Discover your resources, then start asking questions about how it works, its security posture, and more.
systeminit.com/blog/underst...
@systeminit.com's got you. Discover your resources, then start asking questions about how it works, its security posture, and more.
systeminit.com/blog/underst...
System Initiative
systeminit.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Folks struggle all the time to understand what exactly they have inside their AWS accounts.
@systeminit.com's got you. Discover your resources, then start asking questions about how it works, its security posture, and more.
systeminit.com/blog/underst...
@systeminit.com's got you. Discover your resources, then start asking questions about how it works, its security posture, and more.
systeminit.com/blog/underst...
Reposted by Adam Jacob
@systeminit.com’s platform turns generative AI prompts into solutions that you can simulate before deployment.
By @hjoslyn.bsky.social feat. @adamhjk.me
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.
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
@systeminit.com’s platform turns generative AI prompts into solutions that you can simulate before deployment.
By @hjoslyn.bsky.social feat. @adamhjk.me
By @hjoslyn.bsky.social feat. @adamhjk.me
Reposted by Adam Jacob
@systeminit.com’s platform turns generative AI prompts into solutions that you can simulate before deployment.
By @hjoslyn.bsky.social feat. @adamhjk.me
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.
bit.ly
August 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@systeminit.com’s platform turns generative AI prompts into solutions that you can simulate before deployment.
By @hjoslyn.bsky.social feat. @adamhjk.me
By @hjoslyn.bsky.social feat. @adamhjk.me
My friends at the @changelog.com remastered the interview I did with them a year ago and put it up on YouTube. It was so fun to do, and I'm grateful for the remaster! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSfI...
If you give it a listen and want to know more about System Initiative, I'll give you a tour. :)
If you give it a listen and want to know more about System Initiative, I'll give you a tour. :)
From Chef to System Initiative | Epic remastered show with Adam Jacob
YouTube video by Changelog
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August 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
My friends at the @changelog.com remastered the interview I did with them a year ago and put it up on YouTube. It was so fun to do, and I'm grateful for the remaster! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSfI...
If you give it a listen and want to know more about System Initiative, I'll give you a tour. :)
If you give it a listen and want to know more about System Initiative, I'll give you a tour. :)
Our friends at Cloud Life were directly the inspiration for what SI is today.
www.cloudlife.io/resources/in...
www.cloudlife.io/resources/in...
Blog | How We Rebuilt Cloud Life’s Infrastructure Delivery with System Initiative
This is the story of how we eliminated static configuration files from our infrastructure workflows at Cloud Life, and, in the process, cut delivery times by more than half, improved reliability, and ...
www.cloudlife.io
August 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Our friends at Cloud Life were directly the inspiration for what SI is today.
www.cloudlife.io/resources/in...
www.cloudlife.io/resources/in...
Starting today, the way you will build infrastructure automation is AI Native. You'll prompt the agent, and then System Initiative will get to work building your automation for you in a safe, simulated change set. Come try it - it's so fun. www.systeminit.com/blog/ai-nati...
System Initiative
www.systeminit.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Starting today, the way you will build infrastructure automation is AI Native. You'll prompt the agent, and then System Initiative will get to work building your automation for you in a safe, simulated change set. Come try it - it's so fun. www.systeminit.com/blog/ai-nati...
Reposted by Adam Jacob
. @systeminit.com is launching the world’s first AI Native Infrastructure Automation platform. Read more about how to supercharge your productivity on our blog, www.systeminit.com/blog/ai-nati..., and get started today: systeminit.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
. @systeminit.com is launching the world’s first AI Native Infrastructure Automation platform. Read more about how to supercharge your productivity on our blog, www.systeminit.com/blog/ai-nati..., and get started today: systeminit.com
Also great in new music the new Halestorm. Lzzy always delivers, but this album feels like it just hits harder from beginning to end.
August 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Also great in new music the new Halestorm. Lzzy always delivers, but this album feels like it just hits harder from beginning to end.
The new Rise Against album, Ricochet (their 10th) is good so far (only a couple tracks in.) A big thing I'm struck by is the production - this is almost album rock production, with the kind of separation you usually hear on pop records. I love it. Same band, sounds like them, but fresh. Smart!
August 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The new Rise Against album, Ricochet (their 10th) is good so far (only a couple tracks in.) A big thing I'm struck by is the production - this is almost album rock production, with the kind of separation you usually hear on pop records. I love it. Same band, sounds like them, but fresh. Smart!
You're going to be blown away by how good using AI with System Initiative is. It's already handling fairly complex AWS deployments, troubleshooting issues, doing comprehensive summaries of changes. Having real high fidelity models, with an API that maps 1:1 makes it look easy.
July 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
You're going to be blown away by how good using AI with System Initiative is. It's already handling fairly complex AWS deployments, troubleshooting issues, doing comprehensive summaries of changes. Having real high fidelity models, with an API that maps 1:1 makes it look easy.
Reposted by Adam Jacob
This is the “I hope the Lakers win the Super Bowl” of rockstar quotes.
July 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is the “I hope the Lakers win the Super Bowl” of rockstar quotes.
My friends. This is not a good idea: www.wired.com/story/silico... - take it from every single wisdom tradition in the history of the world. You can love your work, but your work cannot love you back. Have more respect for yourself and your peers. Work hard. Do good work.
Silicon Valley AI Startups Are Embracing China’s Controversial ‘996’ Work Schedule
In an industry once known for cushy perks, some founders are now asking staff to commit to a 72-hour weekly schedule. You’re either in or you’re out.
www.wired.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My friends. This is not a good idea: www.wired.com/story/silico... - take it from every single wisdom tradition in the history of the world. You can love your work, but your work cannot love you back. Have more respect for yourself and your peers. Work hard. Do good work.
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Rest well, Ozzy. Everyone listen to Tribute in his honor today. music.apple.com/us/album/tri...
Tribute (Live) by Ozzy Osbourne on Apple Music
Album · 1987 · 14 Songs
music.apple.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Rest well, Ozzy. Everyone listen to Tribute in his honor today. music.apple.com/us/album/tri...
I mean, who hasn’t deleted a production database on accident? HugOps to Replits AI agent. :)
July 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I mean, who hasn’t deleted a production database on accident? HugOps to Replits AI agent. :)
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System Initiative turns traditional devops on its head. It translates what would normally be infrastructure configuration code into data, creating digital twins that model the infrastructure. (Story by @doerrfeldbill.bsky.social)
Can System Initiative fix devops?
System Initiative proposes a radical overhaul of infrastructure automation to address infrastructure-as-code chaos and longstanding devops toil.
www.infoworld.com
July 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
System Initiative turns traditional devops on its head. It translates what would normally be infrastructure configuration code into data, creating digital twins that model the infrastructure. (Story by @doerrfeldbill.bsky.social)