Having just experienced a startup that attempted to do what you suggest, I will say that in this case, it did not work. First of all, there is so much more inst

Having just experienced a startup that attempted to do what you suggest, I will say that in this case, it did not work. First of all, there is so much more institutional knowledge to document than just installing something. Second of all, the first step in automating something complex is to document what it is to document. If there is no documentation for the system architecture or how to solve common problems, everyone on the team wastes cycles solving problems that others already have, and doing it in different ways, so the codebase becomes an inconsistent pile. Documentation is truly a force multiplier. It allows an entire team to learn from the experience of a single person, and that person can help the others passively and asynchronously.