The automation landscape has always been a source of rapid innovation. Historically, the languages, whether it's Perl, Python, JavaScript, or PowerShell, may have changed, but the imperative, step-by-step workflows you've learned and know have not. However, a new challenger has appeared. Declarative workflows upended the usual processes and even the languages all in the name of infrastructure as code. Human readable, plain text files can be interpreted by products like HashiCorp Terraform and RedHat Ansible to do the heavy lifting of the imperative process. The key is knowing when, how, and where to use each method within your environment. Join Kyle for this session where they will discuss these different styles of automation, complete with practical examples that you can use in your own environment!