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Re:Ask HN: Which configuration management software would/sho... by madhadron on Saturday March 14, 2020 @12:15PM (#22576389)
> State is always the enemy in technology.

Except that state and its manipulation is usually the primary value in technology.

> I can't even imagine managing hundreds of servers whose state is unpredictable at any moment and they can't be terminated and replaced with a fresh instance for fear of losing something.

Yes, that sounds awful. That's why we have backups and, if necessary, redundancy and high availability.

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Re:Ask HN: Which configuration management software would/sho... by nickthemagicman on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:41AM (#22604305)
> Except that state and its manipulation is usually the primary value in technology.

Exactly and thats why you put state in data stores and keep your servers immutable.

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