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sounds interesting. I was reading some great things about ansible and am keen to give it a try. However, reading about AWS Opswork makes me wonder if it's better to stick to chef, even if it's not as easy. If Opsworks picks up, chef's likely to become the gold standard. I'm curious to know your take on this?

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I've been recommending and using Puppet and Chef for years. However, the new generation of tools like Ansible and Salt are miles ahead in terms of usability.

Ansible in particular makes it easy to be up and going in a matter of minutes where some of the other tools literally take days. So, if you're on the fence, I'd try Ansible first, then if for some reason it's not working for you, then consider Chef.

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