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@sungo The classic BOFH®
@Elizafox Yup. Sadly, a role that not most folks value any more. Serverless devops nonsense has replaced us this epoch
@sungo Ah yes, puppet, ansible, and docker have turned formerly unqualified developers into sysadmins.
@Samizdata @Elizafox Ansible is better than a lot of the other choices. Well, once you eliminate "home grown customized stuff written by competent people" from the possibilities
@Samizdata @sungo Ever heard of the Mechanical Turk? The chess-playing machine? Yeah, it's a bit like that. There's someone under the table but the audience thinks it's all fully automated.