Thanks, brother. It's all true, though haha. I don't want people to stumble upon this channel, see a library of automation videos and get the impression that I have some kind of expertise/experience that I don't actually have. If you're just labbing, have fun and experiment. But especially if you're going to apply these lessons to real network deployments, always double check the information. I'm trying my best to read official documentation and be as accurate as possible but when you're still learning (as I am) - you actually don't know what you don't know...and could miss some really important details. So use multiple sources and cross reference :) -John

@@IPvZero This is what exactly sets you apart from everyone else out there making such contents. As i mentioned before, i checked a lot of stuff online free and paid, some CCIE XX, CCDE chap's videos ( even though none can deny their expertise) but no one else don't explain these topics like you do. Thanks a lot, John!

@@aslanabdurahmanov Thanks so much Aslan! I genuinely appreciate the kind words :)

Haha thanks, Alan! Really appreciate it :) -John

Thanks, Parthi! Really appreciate it! :) -John

Thanks, Foto! Really appreciate you leaving more of your feedback. I do try my best to explain things as simply as possible, as I remember very well starting out myself and finding it all a bit of a maze, so I try not to make too many assumptions and attempt to break it down piece by piece! Totally agreed with you on Nornir. I also find it much better than Ansible - faster, and way more flexible. What might take you 20 lines in Ansible can be solved with 2 lines of Python code. Interesting that you say it's easier than Ansible - I find that too, but it seems like Nornir is perceived by most people as "more difficult" because it's Python-based. Whereas Ansible is YAML and "human-readable". I still think Ansible is worth learning if only because of its widespread adoption in the industry. The reality is a lot of people are using it, so if you're part of a team and you're doing all your automation in Nornir and no one else understands anything but Ansible playbooks then it could be an issue. The goal is to convince everyone to switch to Nornir hahaha! -John

Thanks, P W! Good to hear from you again! -John

Hey, Adarsh! Yup - the Cisco DevNet guys are really on top of things, people interested in automation should really be watching/reading their material if they're not already. There's many others like Ivan Pepelnjak from IPSpace, etc, too. Really high quality info from experienced pros - make use of it! And, of course, reading the official documentation of the automation tools! Perhaps the most important resource available to anyone :) -John

And also Nicholas Russo for devnet github.com/ktbyers

Thanks, Ken! :)