For me the benefit of the ansible playbook is that it installs not only synapse and element web but also a ton of bridges and other services like the chatgpt bot. It handles the configuration of those etc.
yup, totally - and the quick-start thing i'm playing with (just got it working!) is not a replacement for that at all. it's just literally providing a solution for people who want to type `docker compose up` and have something immediately working, but without all the bells and whistles.