As someone researching whether to use Fabric or another option, I do not have to wrestle with the sunk cost fallacy. I'd be interested to hear how the features they share compare to each other objectively.
From reading through fabric they seem pretty similar. There are a few differences that leap out:
- ShutIt's pause points/interacts allow for easier debugging
- ShutIt allows for 'multisends' where you can automate more complex interaction with non-standard prompts (eg the telnet example). It's been used to automate network tasks, and complex installation tasks.
- Backgrounding tasks and managing those for faster deployment
- ShutIt has behind it a packaging system that can leverage other scripts (advanced).
I'm not a fabric expert so happy to be corrected on these.
