Mitchell Hashimoto, the creator of Vagrant and co-founder of HashiCorp (the name “Hashi” derived from his surname), has announced his departure from the company. After gradually reducing his role within the company, Hashimoto stepped down as CEO in 2016 and resigned from management position in 2021.
Hashimoto has expressed his intention to build a company that doesn’t rely on his presence from the start, and he has long planned to seek new challenges. And now, the time has come.
HashiCorp was founded by Hashimoto and the current CTO, Armon Danger. Their initial venture was the development of Vagrant, a software for creating virtual machines in 2010, in collaboration with John Bender. Following that, the company has further developed various software. The most notable software in recent years are Terraform and Vault. However, this year the company has shifted its direction from open source to a more restricted license, BUSL, and some projects have been spun off for external community development.
Hashimoto bid farewell to the company, stating that HashiCorp has now become a major player, with many technologies widely used. For example, this year the HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) has gained significant popularity.
TLDR: Mitchell Hashimoto, the creator of Vagrant and co-founder of HashiCorp, has stepped down from his position within the company after gradually reducing his role. He plans to build a new company and seek new challenges. HashiCorp, initially known for developing Vagrant, has expanded its software offerings, with Terraform and Vault being the most popular. The company has recently shifted from open source to a more restricted license, BUSL, and some projects are now being developed by the external community.
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