Andy Smith wrote: > On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 08:05:28AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > For a single user's machine, it's unlikely to be rewarding > > except intellectually.
[good arguments snipped] > There have honestly been times in my life where I've had to look at > something set up by someone who's no longer around (or by me, a > decade previous!) and with only the things in config management I've > been able to work out which pieces the service is composed of, and > just that's been a God send and a bigger win than the automated > nature of the setup which is the thing people usually praise config > management for! Yes but: all of these are no longer in the domain of a single person's system, but rather concern a second person (or third or Nth) trying to understand that system. I suppose having that wouldn't be bad to remind your future self what you had done, mind you. There are projects at work which I don't touch for years... but then, that's where I do spend the time to use configuration management. -dsr-
