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May 13, 2025
Behind Steampunk Spotter, the Ansible Playbook Platform there is a whole crew of specialized characters, each tasked with solving …
January 17, 2023
If you're reading this, you know the feeling of putting off upgrading your Ansible Playbooks for as long as possible because you …
November 10, 2022
Every good web service needs a good authentication layer. AWS uses IAM to manage users, one of which is your development user …
November 9, 2022
Don't you wish you had a little helper by your side to spot elusive errors when writing Ansible Playbooks? Or anticipate potential …
November 3, 2022
We're constantly improving Steampunk Spotter by adding new checks that enhance stability, reliability, and security of your …
September 7, 2022
If you are reading this, you are no stranger to the Ansible update and upgrade process. The fact that Ansible is constantly being …
August 30, 2022
There hasn’t been much buzz around our Ansible Playbook Quality Scanner lately. But with a good reason. Our team has been putting …
July 13, 2022
The point of automating IT tasks is to save time. But in reality, the process of successfully automating a task can actually take …
January 12, 2022
Ansible Collections gave us much more control over the content we use when building our Ansible Playbooks. But they also brought …
November 11, 2021
Almost exactly five months ago, we unveiled the first version of Steampunk Scanner . To keep things simple, we only offered an …
June 17, 2021
We often talk about techniques and tools that help developers write high-quality Ansible content (modules and plugins). Of course, …