> That latter option is essentially how things are today given that templating tools the generate configurations are plentiful. Yeah, that's what I mean partia

> That latter option is essentially how things are today given that templating tools the generate configurations are plentiful. Yeah, that's what I mean partially by "building around the configuration". How is that better than writing the configuration directly in code? Obviously, if the configuration is described with code then there is a runtime needed. But since the configuration is usually being run by program... there should be a runtime already. It's not like I'm saying that just any code/language should be available.