Ansible Crash Course
Learning and science
online course
SHOW HN2019
160points
53comments
#252of 2,195 in 2019
Top 12%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
6 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Docs: 6 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Well constructed, comprehensive course
From 1 comment
well constructed course! Comprehensive. Thanks for the effort, I bet you spent lots of time into it.
coderinsg on HN
Videos are short and focused
From 1 comment
I agree, you have done a very good job keeping the videos short and focused. We use Ansible my job, and it's always been a bit of a dark art to me. Very much appreciate these…
commandercheng on HN
Objections
Videos are hard to use as reference; no copyable code or transcript
From 4 comments
This won't be really helpful to you since you've already built it, but I'm the kind of person who doesn't like videos. I AM interested in Ansible, but I don't want to sit through…
kstenerud on HNAbsolutely no to videos. Can't easily tell what's where when I want to jump to a certain section, no result from web search for the contents and can't even copy paste any…
h1d on HNIf it's a video, I'm very likely to just hit the back button. I skim read far faster than a video is capable of giving me the information and I can't copy and edit example code…
scaryclam on HNI hate videos for technical learning. I will avoid them as much as possible, especially if I cannot play at 2x speed (or more!) and/or if they don't have a thumbnail-preview when…
mattlondon on HN
Email registration required
From 2 comments
I hate videos for technical learning. I will avoid them as much as possible, especially if I cannot play at 2x speed (or more!) and/or if they don't have a thumbnail-preview when…
mattlondon on HNWhat will me email address be used for?
slenk on HN
Examples are hello-world style rather than real server configs
From 1 comment
This is very nice and effective. I just wish you had spent time in using the real world examples related to the server configs, instead of using the examples of hello-world, list…
webwanderings on HN
Requests
Provide text or transcripts alongside videos
From 2 comments
If it's a video, I'm very likely to just hit the back button. I skim read far faster than a video is capable of giving me the information and I can't copy and edit example code…
scaryclam on HNI think you've hit on a good compromise: videos with a transcript (including code examples). That way, people who want a video have a video (with the bonus of something to…
nitemice on HN
Use HTML instead of PDF for written material
From 1 comment
Please use (simple) HTML instead of PDF. Everything is read on-screen these days. PDF basically has no use case that HTML doesn’t cover better in 2018.
tatersolid on HN
Add real-world examples
From 1 comment
This is very nice and effective. I just wish you had spent time in using the real world examples related to the server configs, instead of using the examples of hello-world, list…
webwanderings on HN
Auto-play the next video
From 1 comment
One suggestion: Once one video ends, it would be nice if we would be re-directed or if the following video would load automatically. Presently, I have to manually navigate from…
tpayne84 on HN
Questions
What is the email address used for?
From 2 comments
What will me email address be used for?
slenk on HNThat doesn't quite seem like an answer. Can I put in a fake address? If I put in a real address, will the platform decide to spam me?
yjftsjthsd-h on HN
Can a fake or temporary email be used?
From 3 comments
Like, can I use https://temp-mail.org/en/ or will I need the email to access the material at a future date?
slenk on HNJust put in ANY valid email. They don't even ask you to confirm it before starting the course. I generally use https://www.yopmail.com emails, works fine.
jadia on HNYes you can.
movedx on HN
Alternatives named
Pulumi
From 1 comment
Pulumi comes the closest that I’ve seen — https://www.pulumi.com/
breatheoften on HN
Puppet and Chef
From 1 comment
IMO Ansible is not a good tool for configuration management compared to tools like Puppet and Chef. There's no node graph which mininises how much you can do in parallel and…
TheThickOfIt on HN
Terraform
From 1 comment
"Cloud?" It can work with anything with an API. If there's a Terraform provider that they or the community hasn't projected into TypeScript (or whatever) you can do that yourself…
eropple on HN