ansible can do all of those things you are saying it cannot, it's a provisioning system, so your python analogy is more deflection than actual consideration of

ansible can do all of those things you are saying it cannot, it's a provisioning system, so your python analogy is more deflection than actual consideration of feedback, and honestly closer to what you have done, used a programming language to implement something that could be done in the tools we already use to provision systems in industry it doesn't sound like you want feedback that challenges your assumptions, the point of sharing on HN should be to challenge your assumptions, because as the saying goes "no product survives first contact with users"