I agree with this, but there are ways to make your “source code” not a file that you will modify.
For instance you can have a file that’s imported/included for configuration purposes that you yourself don’t author… And I think that’s okay.
One of my favorite configuration languages for Python projects is actually just Python. It’s remarkably nice. It’s like having a YAML file you can script.
The line between configuration is very messy anyways. So many projects abuse YAML as a domain specific language. Looking at you, HomeAssistant and ESPHome!
I assume less custom configs are better, but I’ve seen Ansible yaml files that are just convoluted bash scripts written in yaml, which makes them even more convoluted.
Yeah that occurred to me as well. Then I immediately think that maybe we need ☆one more language☆ to fix this. And then I remember that one xkcd comic…
I agree with this, but there are ways to make your “source code” not a file that you will modify.
For instance you can have a file that’s imported/included for configuration purposes that you yourself don’t author… And I think that’s okay.
One of my favorite configuration languages for Python projects is actually just Python. It’s remarkably nice. It’s like having a YAML file you can script.
The line between configuration is very messy anyways. So many projects abuse YAML as a domain specific language. Looking at you, HomeAssistant and ESPHome!
I assume less custom configs are better, but I’ve seen Ansible yaml files that are just convoluted bash scripts written in yaml, which makes them even more convoluted.
Yeah that occurred to me as well. Then I immediately think that maybe we need ☆one more language☆ to fix this. And then I remember that one xkcd comic…