I love the idea to use Python directly over something like YAML. YAML almost always ends up diverging into some strange, Turing-complete DSL. Carrying over th

I love the idea to use Python directly over something like YAML. YAML almost always ends up diverging into some strange, Turing-complete DSL. Carrying over the Ansible concept of roles a little strange. Python already has several means of packaging code for re-use (functions, functions as values, packages, modules), and executing packaged code is obvious. Ansible has to do something like that because of YAML, but Python's solution seems strictly superior here. I've always wanted an Ansible-like tool that used and embraced Python directly. Effectively a series of interfaces designed to work with each other, with various backends fulfilling them. I want to be able to do something like app_hosts = inventory.find(runs_application='app', env='production') app_hosts.map(lambda host: host.services.stop('app')) for h in app_hosts: myApp.upgrade(h, '1.3.4') app_hosts.map(lambda host: host.services.start('app')) And then have it spit out a report on what was set up/changed/done. Similar to what Pulumi seems to do, but in a different niche.