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		goodpoint on Feb 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using Ansible and Nomad for a homelab (part 1) > Ansible is a lot of python One more reason to stay away from it. The codebase is very complex and the issues labeled "bug" count more than 18 thousands! The language is a kludge of yaml and jinja with custom chunks of Python that is much less expressive than pure Python. Go ahead and downvote at will.

snorrah on Feb 28, 2022 [–]

it’s an entirely usable system that can be used as shell script replacements to full virtual machine provisioning.

it does not matter if the language is a “kludge” if it suits the purpose. Ansible suits a lot of purposes and is worth exploring as a free technology.

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