Since 2021, HashiCorp has limited free tiers, swapped licenses, rebranded the platform and as of March 2026, axed the free tier entirely. Each move made business sense. Each one left teams who built their workflows on TFE with the same uncomfortable choice: pay up or rebuild 😅.

Two mid-week findings worth sharing: lazydocker - which I tried first and lazygit - which I started using immediately.

These tools are not new - both have been around for more than five years, I just managed to miss them until today somehow.