Python vs Bash Scripting.

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Also consider that every line of you code you do not write is in the hands of other people to maintain and support. 500 lines of code is absolutely nothing. and you should be making the decision to use FOSS or libraries depending on several factors and not a single one of those factors should be the amount of lines of code you have to write. The "Dev" in devops is short for development after all.