Many complaints are about the choice of YAML as a config file format. It is being used for nearly everything, and in many cases fine details of its syntax matte

Many complaints are about the choice of YAML as a config file format. It is being used for nearly everything, and in many cases fine details of its syntax matter, especially around multiline strings and text blocks[0]. In theory, one can always retreat to JSON, but that's barely better. Then it goes on: you need additional tools like Helm or Kustomize to generate your YAML files. I am not aware whether anybody has ever tried to generate Kubernetes config files from Dhall[1] input files. [0]: https://yaml.org/spec/1.2.2/#23-scalars https://yaml.org/spec/1.2.2/#23-scalars [1]: https://dhall-lang.org/ https://dhall-lang.org/