When automation meets simplicity over Python or Ansible (opens in new tab)

We constantly hear that Ansible and Python are apparently the only ways to automate networks, today I even listen in a conversation "Python is the industry standard" probably I missed the RFC document or probably the guy was referring to a sales standard, but back to us what happens when the framework, the platform or the software we are using becomes heavier than the problem to solve? There is a moment where automation becomes necessary, not because we want to look modern, not because every ...