## How to Separate Operational Intent from the Executor In my previous article, I argued that software automation needs a layer between operational intent and execution. The reason is simple: the specification should describe what success means, and the executor should decide how to achieve it. That separation creates a useful possibility. If the operational specification is independent from the execution mechanism, then more than one executor should be able to satisfy the same specification. That sounds straightforward. But in practice, it raises several difficult questions: `Can two…