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I just want it to get to a usable state pretty quick on a new distro, and also to go back quickly to pop-os if I don't like the new stuff. That's why trying out ansible for this.
You might be overcomplicating stuff, I always like to point to this https://xkcd.com/1319/ if it's something that will take you 30 min once every couple of years when you decide to switch distros, it's not worth the time to automate IMO.
I think what people are suggesting is doing all those steps will be more time and testing than just installing the os and adding apps.