They look declarative but every Ansible playbook I have ever read or written has involved some imperative code. And even if you only use it in a declarative fas

They look declarative but every Ansible playbook I have ever read or written has involved some imperative code. And even if you only use it in a declarative fashion, it doesn't change the fact that it's very much a step-by-step ordered list of things to install. The declarative syntax is certainly a step up from shell scripts, but it's not as pure as K8s.