Basic Python syntax is enough for most playbooks, and it's no more difficult to learn than the ansible yaml dsl. Anybody provisioning a machine knows a little

Basic Python syntax is enough for most playbooks, and it's no more difficult to learn than the ansible yaml dsl. Anybody provisioning a machine knows a little bit of bash, and most probably python. Python is way more "used all over the place" than yaml. Worst of all, when you are a beginner, ansible yaml errors are an utter mystery.