[dlandis]

I think a big part of its future will be using it to implement Kubernetes operators. See https://www.ansible.com/integrations/containers/operators

It seems like a good fit in that role, as the other main option is writing your operator in Go, which is even more imperative, and usually ends up seeming a little too low level and like overkill for the tasks an operator actually has to do at runtime. Either one can be a good option, but many people will go with ansible, and I see it carving out quite an important little niche with operators.