There are a ton of semi-competing configuration languages and systems that folks are using to tame cloud system configurations (which grow to immense complexity

There are a ton of semi-competing configuration languages and systems that folks are using to tame cloud system configurations (which grow to immense complexity). Cue, dhall, jsonnet, starlark, KCL, HCL, etc. are just a few options. It's very hard to pick a 'best' one though as they each have interesting strengths.