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  We make scripts idempotent

does this mean change the commands that run to be idempotent? so the script/echo concept stays the same but you make sure the commands it echo's wont break anything if run more then once?

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Not the parent, but I'm guessing it's the idea that the script always moves the system to the same steady state. Similar to how Ansible tries to be and how Kubernetes controller loops work.

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