Instead of a varied interface tools set, I can have one with consistent interfaces and experiences. Kubernetes is where everything is going, hence why TF and Ansible have both recently released Kubernetes related products / features. It's their last attempt at remaining relevant (which is more than likely wasted effort in the long run). They have too much baggage (existing users in another paradigm) to make a successful pivot.
Ironically for me, those two tools are part of the blessed triad that we use for all of our infrastructure as code and end-user virtual machine initial setup.
If we only got to keep two tools it would be kubernetes and terraform.
This isn’t a competition, they are tools. Ansible is widely used and will continue to be so for a long long time. Its foundations - ssh, python and yaml are also in for the long run to manage infrastructure...
Yaml is on the way out, Cuelang will replace it where it's used for infra. It's quite easy to start by validating yaml and then you quickly realize how awesome having your config in a well thought-out language is!
well, then perhaps the growing frustration with a configuration language where meaning depends on invisible chars is an argument. And then what helm and others are doing text interpolating and add helpers for managing indentation.
There are many experiments into alternatives happening right now, so I do believe yaml's days are numbered. I'm actively replacing it where ever I encounter it with a far superior alternative. Cue is far more than a configuration language however, worth the time to learn and adopt at this point.
