> However, CI is not "configured", it is coded. . . . YAML was continuously extended to deal with that, so it developed into much more than just "markup", but it grew into this terrible chimera.

Brings to mind the classic "Kingdom of Nouns" [0] parable, which I read to my kid just last week. The multi-line "run" nodes in GitHub actions give me the heebie-jeebies, like how MUMPS data validation was maintained in metadata of VA-Fileman [1].

0. https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/execution-in-kingdo...

1. https://www.hardhats.org/fileman/pm/gfs_frm.htm