[eadmund]

> - full expressive power of a real programming language (TS)

I suppose TypeScript does count as a real programming language, in that it’s Turing complete. But I can use Pulumi from (they claim) any programming language. Specifically, I can use it from Go. Why would I add TypeScript to my project when I can live in one language?

> - official backing of Hashicorp so it’s a safe bet

Given the number of folks leaving the Hashicorp platform, I think it’s arguably no longer a ‘safe bet.’

[gregwebs]

The Go SDK is a lot more verbose for configuration (plums.String, etc) and then you have error handling boilerplate as well. Exceptions are a better match for creating resources in Pulumi.