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> the true horror starts when people start using text template engines to generate YAML I just had a shiver recalling a Kubernetes wrapper wrapper wapper wrapp
by PopeDotNinja 7y ago
> the true horror starts when people start using text template engines to generate YAML
I just had a shiver recalling a Kubernetes wrapper wrapper wapper wrapper at a former job. I think there were at least two layers of mystical YAML generation hell. I couldn't stop it, and it tanked much joy in my work. It was a factor in me moving on.
- api 7y agoKubernetes works well but pretty it is not.
- msoad 7y agoOh my god! I'm working on the same wrapper wrapper wrapper
- kminehart 7y agotry moving to something like http://skycfg.fun http://skycfg.fun
- PopeDotNinja 7y agoI called ours The Yamlith. Name yours!
- DonHopkins 7y agoWhat was the straw that broke the YAML's back?
- codeduck 7y agoget out.
- BigJono 7y agoThe Yamdenburg would be apt since it gives you a pretty good indication of how that's going to end.
- DonHopkins 7y agoOh the huyamlity!
- thomasfedb 7y agoSurely the right approach needs to be generating the desired data programmatically, rendering back to YAML if needed, rather than building these files with text macros.
- codeduck 7y ago> Kubernetes wrapper wrapper wapper wrapper at a former job oh god why