Re:The Big DevOps Misunderstanding
by sofixa on Sunday December 19, 2021 @05:05PM
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> The YAML (or heaven forbid, jsonnet) does not help. TBH, I'm convinced if the IaC bits were done in a regular Java/Go/Rust SDK style instead of mixing and matching YAML glued together via labels and tags, I would have had a much easier time.
I have mixed feelings about this. I've seen some absolutely atrocious Python and JavaScript code, and i wouldn't want to use either of them, and the flexibility ( to shoot yourself in the foot) they provide. Go is better. On the other hand, YAML is just terrible.
I think DSLs such as HCL are better than either option, as long as they're flexible enough while staying limit in order not to get illegible/unmaintainable.
I have mixed feelings about this. I've seen some absolutely atrocious Python and JavaScript code, and i wouldn't want to use either of them, and the flexibility ( to shoot yourself in the foot) they provide. Go is better. On the other hand, YAML is just terrible.
I think DSLs such as HCL are better than either option, as long as they're flexible enough while staying limit in order not to get illegible/unmaintainable.