Ansible (originally known as "Fedora Unified Network Controller" or "func") was made for solving the problems automating Fedora Infrastructure. Puppet did not

Ansible (originally known as "Fedora Unified Network Controller" or "func") was made for solving the problems automating Fedora Infrastructure. Puppet did not make Fedora Infrastructure administrators happy. So func was designed around solving their problems, and expanded its scope as people found it useful. Then it was renamed to Ansible, the developers left Red Hat to create AnsibleWorks, and the rest is history! So yes, it was made for sysadmins. :)