I don't know, abstraction is the name of the game and it makes my job 1000x easier. I have multiple servers running in my house that host everything from Plex to small little apps I've written, it all runs in containers and I couldn't be happier. Is being able to setup a Wordpress site with a script really something we should strive for?

I've always been a fan on "standing on the shoulders of giants" and it's served me very well to have this mindset. I'm fine to dive deep when I have to but diving deep just to dive deep.... not so much.

Semi-recently I had need of a simple blog for a friends/family thing, I spun up a wordpress and mysql container and was done. Over a decade ago I used to setup and manage wordpress installs but it's not a skill I need.

I find this article a little odd since they talk about server admin but then also scripting setup script for your server which is more in the "cattle" category for me and less in the "pet" that I would consider "server administration".