> But if your configuration files devolve into DSL, just use a real programming language already.

This times a million.

Use a real programming language with a debugger. YAML is awful and Starlark isn’t much better.

CGamesPlay 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Use a real programming language with a debugger. YAML is awful and Starlark isn’t much better.

I was with you until you said "Starlark". Starlark is a million times better than YAML in my experience; why do you think it isn't?

	▲	forrestthewoods 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		My experience with Starlark (buck2) is that it makes the whole system wildly complex and inscrutable. No one actually knows how it works. It’s an undebuggable nightmare of macros. Everyone copy/pastes a few macros they know work. But one step off the beaten path and you’re doomed. I hate code that looks like data but is infect code. Be data or be code. Don’t pretend to be both. I tried adding support for Jai to public buck2. I didn’t even get close. I need static types and a debugger. Just make everything a Rust plugin.

bonus points when you start embedding code in your yamlified dsl.