Network engineer of 20 years: once you go declarative for AI automation, you never go back
tristanbob · x · 2026-10-13
A network engineer with 20+ years of experience shares his career shift: after years of imperative changes to devices, he now works as an AI and automation engineer and insists everything be described declaratively in code.
The payoff: his apps can be set up, torn down and moved with very little effort. His verdict — "once you go declarative, you never go back," as declarative descriptions are what let AI and automation reliably take over operations.
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