Nope. Chef is an embedded DSL. It does not have the same shortcomings. In fact it is the only configuration management tool that approaches the problem from the

Nope. Chef is an embedded DSL. It does not have the same shortcomings. In fact it is the only configuration management tool that approaches the problem from the right angle. Instead of re-inventing the wheel it gives me a library of composable components that I can glue together however I wish. You must not have seen many TF deployments. I've seen several and each one is a unique snowflake. Some use Jinja, some use Makesfiles, some use Erb, some just use heroic copy-pasting. There are no conventions or standards whatsoever. I don't know what you mean by readable either. When was the last time you navigated 20 Terraform modules while mentally filling in all the variables and thought to yourself "Ya, this is totally readable".