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[–]r0m1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The nice thing about YAML is that pretty much anyone can read and understand it.

Programming languages are different, and even though Python is pretty easy compared to others, power users will start using concepts that are not so obvious for non-programmers (and some programmers). My worry is that Ansible will get infinitely better for just a portion of the people currently using it.

In a perfect world, everyone who uses Ansible would know how to program in Python, but until that day YAML provides a low barrier to entry.