I’m about to dump some ideas randomly on the web site until there is some suitable forum or wiki. I guess once I’m tired of that, it’s easier to see where I want to go.
I’m not set on competing with Ansible. If what I want is doable inside the scope of Ansible, I would be more than happy. But from discussions with some Ansible guys (great people working there, btw.) I guess this is difficult, considering that they are focusing on their ecosystem that is bound by all the blessings and curses of “backward compatibility”.