🪦 CDKTF Officially Deprecated by HashiCorp
This represents a strategic realignment for HashiCorp toward Terraform’s core stack and a step back from abstracted IaC layers like CDKTF. Developers relying on it should begin migration planning to ensure smooth continuity.
HashiCorp has announced the deprecation of Terraform CDK (CDKTF), which will be archived and set to read-only on GitHub by December 10, 2025. The company advises users to migrate to HCL via `cdktf synth –hcl` or transition to the AWS CDK ecosystem. The decision was driven by limited product-market fit, though community forks are encouraged to continue development.
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🌿 Nature’s Many Attempts to Evolve a Nostr
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🔐 Getting a Gemini API Key Shouldn’t Be This Hard
A pointed critique of Google’s complex onboarding process, contrasting it with smoother approaches from OpenAI and Anthropic. It highlights how enterprise-first systems can alienate independent developers and hurt community goodwill.
The author recounts a frustrating ordeal trying to acquire a Gemini 3 Pro API key from Google. Although the key was created in Google AI Studio, the billing and verification process through Google Cloud Console involved confusing permissions, repeated checks, and poor communication. It eventually worked, but the experience revealed unnecessary bureaucracy and a weak developer experience.
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