u/Jatin-Mali

What are your non-negotiables before trusting any automation around servers?

For sysadmins/SREs: what are your hard requirements before you let any tool assist with real troubleshooting?

I don’t mean full autopilot. I mean something that can inspect logs, services, disk, packages, configs, and propose or run actions with approval.

Would auditability matter more than speed? Would you want every command logged? Should destructive actions always require fresh confirmation?

I’m especially interested in horror stories: what kind of “helpful automation” caused more damage than it fixed?

What would a tool need to do to earn even limited trust from you?

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u/Jatin-Mali — 3 days ago
▲ 7 r/OpenSourceAI+1 crossposts

Just released HELM v1, an open source terminal AI agent for Linux ops.

It is for people that live in the terminal and want an assistant that can help with Linux / admin / dev tasks while keeping control local.

Seeking first users and honest feedback, particularly on:

  1. Does setup run clean on your machine ?

  2. What provider/model works best for you?

  3. Is the TUI fast and easy to understand?

  4. Are tool permissions too tight, too loose, or just right?

  5. What was HELM not good at?

If there's one thing you can test, run `helm init`, run the TUI with `helm`, do one real Linux task and tell me where it breaks.

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u/Jatin-Mali — 5 days ago