> The more businesses move to SaaS models, automation takes a different shape as well, i.e automation scripts involving business objects within/outside the system.

Well put. I see this getting applied to cloud infrastructure too. Cloud providers are increasingly offering their products as pure software objects on which traditional software engineering principles can be applied. I have been experimenting with using typescript to define infra components for last 18 months and have seen higher code contributions from non-operators(most of them are typescript practitioners) w.r.t terrafrom or ansible.

[slightly shameless plug] Recently started using Deno + typescript and its even better. My thoughts on this here: https://adnaan.badr.in/blog/2021/11/20/deno-for-infrastructu...