IICY - Infrastructure In Code Ycombinator

A paradigm-shifting approach to infrastructure management where infrastructure is defined alongside service code, eliminating the need for separate infrastructure definitions.

The Problem

Traditional infrastructure management requires:

• Separate infrastructure code (Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation)
• Context switching between service and infrastructure code
• Manual synchronization of infrastructure and service changes
• Complex dependency management between services and infrastructure

The Solution: Infrastructure In Code Ycombinator (IICY)

IICY allows you to define infrastructure directly in your service code using decorators and annotations. A static analyzer extracts these definitions and compiles them into CloudFormation templates.

Key Benefits

• Single Source of Truth: Infrastructure and service code in one place
• Type Safety: Infrastructure definitions are part of the code
• Easier Refactoring: Changes to service code automatically update infrastructure
• Better Developer Experience: No context switching between infrastructure and service code
• Reduced Complexity: No need to maintain separate infrastructure files

How It Works

1. Define Infrastructure in Code: Use IICY decorators to define infrastructure alongside your service code
2. Static Analysis: The IICY analyzer scans your code to extract infrastructure definitions
3. Compilation: Infrastructure definitions are compiled into CloudFormation templates
4. Deployment: CloudFormation templates are deployed to AWS
5. Service Connection: Service code automatically connects to deployed resources using ARNs and endpoints

Installation

# Create virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install in development mode
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Development

Running Tests

pytest

Author

Blake Smith (blake@dotle.ca)