I think there needs to be a higher level abstraction. Blueprint is a nice step in that direction: make a change and dump out the environment. Perhaps what we

I think there needs to be a higher level abstraction. Blueprint is a nice step in that direction: make a change and dump out the environment. Perhaps what we need is a system that compiles to that manifest, or to chef/puppet. Setting up systems is a complex task that neither puppet nor chef solve, they make it less daunting, but it still is a real pain to do so!