Puppet has been doing this for over 15 years. Declarative config management is great and I love it. Unfortunately, it doesn't solve all administration problems as some software assumes an imperative installation or upgrade process.
You're likely going through a Tailscale relay when you're out of your house too. It's still an extra hop through their servers, but yes it "just works".
Sure, the electorate has thus far been unwilling to increase the capacity. At the same time the private medical facilities have been underpaying, overworking, and under-resourcing our hospitals. They close rural hospitals because they're not profitable /enough/. We could have more beds, and happier staff, but then the profits would be lower.
Desalination is awesome, and I love to see it improve. No matter how good it is, it won’t be cheaper than water that is available in rivers and aquifers.
Ceph 14 was EOL on 2021-06-30. There are two major releases past v14 that don’t seem to be available through freshports. I’m not sure I’d qualify this as supported, and definitely not actively supported.