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> still nobody does 2.

They don't seem to grasp how bad their setup is, and consequently are willing to understand awful programming conditions. Even punch cards were better as these people had the advantage of working with a real programming language with defined behaviour. "when exactly is this string interpolation step executed? in the anchor or when referenced? (well, it depends)". No it's black box tinkering (you might as well be prompt engineering)

the C in IaC is supposed to stand for code. Well, if you're supposed to code something you need to

   - be able to assert correctness before you commit, 
   - be able to step through the code
If the setup they give you doesn't even have these minimal requirements you're going to be in trouble regardless of how brilliant an engineer you are.

(sorry for the rant)




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