I didn't much look into salt/chef, yet. The "anything fails" approach is intriguing, though. Since my data is mostly source and config a central server to serve

I didn't much look into salt/chef, yet. The "anything fails" approach is intriguing, though. Since my data is mostly source and config a central server to serve puppet and cloning my work products from a Git repo would work. The only drawback I could see is if the "implement [a modification] it in your server and push" would turn out to become a hassle to try out libraries and programs. But that's just me speaking without any hands-on experience with these tools. Thanks.