About ansible: I really like the idea and popularity of ansible but find it so p...

JimBlackwood · 2026-01-13T21:27:58 1768339678

What do you want to do in a playbook that requires it to be tested?

We keep our roles very simple and they will not do anything complicated. Ansible is for configuring a machine, that’s it.

If we need to do anything more complicated, we’ll write it in a testable program (usually in Go).

tuananh · 2026-01-13T09:47:53 1768297673

wait until you have to use puppet :D

jdmoreira · 2026-01-13T10:06:13 1768298773

claude code is really good at it from my experience