Alerting as Code: How Mistral AI Uses Terraform as the Source of Truth
A Terraform-first model for deterministic alerting in AI systems
Jorge Lainfiesta
January 29, 2026
7 mins
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"Our goal is to make it easy for employees to come in and run an incident without needing deep technical knowledge about the system. Rootly has made this easier by allowing us to automate a lot of the “hand-holding" someone needs when they’re first navigating an incident."
Rootly & Wealthsimple
"Our goal is to make it easy for employees to come in and run an incident without needing deep technical knowledge about the system. Rootly has made this easier by allowing us to automate a lot of the “hand-holding" someone needs when they’re first navigating an incident."
Rootly & Wealthsimple
Not all incidents are created equal. Thus, trying to fit all the possible inputs an incident declaration may need in a single form can slow down responders and impact your data quality.
Jorge Lainfiesta
Not all incidents are created equal. Thus, trying to fit all the possible inputs an incident declaration may need in a single form can slow down responders and impact your data quality.
Jorge Lainfiesta
Earlier this month, an inadvertent misconfiguration in an internal tool used by Google Cloud resulted in the deletion of a user’s GCVE Private Cloud. The user in question? UniSuper Australia — a $125 billion Australian pension fund with over 600,000 users. In this post, Ashley reflects on the communications shared and what we can learn from them.
Ashley Sawatsky
Earlier this month, an inadvertent misconfiguration in an internal tool used by Google Cloud resulted in the deletion of a user’s GCVE Private Cloud. The user in question? UniSuper Australia — a $125 billion Australian pension fund with over 600,000 users. In this post, Ashley reflects on the communications shared and what we can learn from them.
Ashley Sawatsky
Use the different timezones and varied needs of your team to schedule on-call rotations that make everyone happy
Jorge Lainfiesta
Use the different timezones and varied needs of your team to schedule on-call rotations that make everyone happy
Jorge Lainfiesta
No matter how good a new teammate is, a lot of their success is in your hands.
Jorge Lainfiesta
No matter how good a new teammate is, a lot of their success is in your hands.
Jorge Lainfiesta
Discover 5 models of compensation for on-call
Jorge Lainfiesta
Discover 5 models of compensation for on-call
Jorge Lainfiesta
What's the secret to achieving the right balance for your platform?
Jorge Lainfiesta
What's the secret to achieving the right balance for your platform?
Jorge Lainfiesta
To become battle-tested, you need to go through battles, not just read books or mentor newcomers. Both are helpful but the stakes are low. On the other hand, high stake jobs, such as running a big project or managing a team, are hard to get when you lack experience. So how can we solve this dilemma? Enter incident response.
Zhuang (Strong) Liang
To become battle-tested, you need to go through battles, not just read books or mentor newcomers. Both are helpful but the stakes are low. On the other hand, high stake jobs, such as running a big project or managing a team, are hard to get when you lack experience. So how can we solve this dilemma? Enter incident response.
Zhuang (Strong) Liang
Explore how AI-powered tools like Slack, Salesforce, Canva, and Rootly are revolutionizing the way we work.
Tiffany Cox
Explore how AI-powered tools like Slack, Salesforce, Canva, and Rootly are revolutionizing the way we work.
Tiffany Cox
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