Jean-Gabriel Gill-Couture
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Reviewed-on: https://git.nationtech.io/NationTech/harmony/pulls/59 Co-authored-by: Jean-Gabriel Gill-Couture <jg@nationtech.io> Co-committed-by: Jean-Gabriel Gill-Couture <jg@nationtech.io>
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Conceptual metaphor : The Cyborg and the Central Nervous System
At the heart of Harmony lies a core belief: in modern, decentralized systems, software and infrastructure are not separate entities. They are a single, symbiotic organism—a cyborg.
The software is the electronics, the "mind"; the infrastructure is the biological host, the "body". They live or die, thrive or sink together.
Traditional approaches attempt to manage this complex organism with fragmented tools: static YAML for configuration, brittle scripts for automation, and separate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for provisioning. This creates a disjointed system that struggles to scale or heal itself, making it inadequate for the demands of fully automated, enterprise-grade clusters.
Harmony's goal is to provide the central nervous system for this cyborg. We aim to achieve the full automation of complex, decentralized clouds by managing this integrated entity holistically.
To achieve this, a tool must be both robust and powerful. It must manage the entire lifecycle—deployment, upgrades, failure recovery, and decommissioning—with precision. This requires full control over application packaging and a deep, intrinsic integration between the software and the infrastructure it inhabits.
This is why Harmony uses a powerful, living language like Rust. It replaces static, lifeless configuration files with a dynamic, breathing codebase. It allows us to express the complex relationships and behaviors of a modern distributed system, enabling the creation of truly automated, resilient, and powerful platforms that can thrive.