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What is this, bag-on-YAML day at HN?

I am really beginning to hate programmer-centric tooling. It has turned all of us into these miserable, cretinous engineering snobs. It seems impossible for anyone to contemplate why people would choose to work differently than them. Zero empathy. Fucking pathetic.

Make software hard again, I say. Treat the compiler like you would treat your dominatrix. Life would be so much better that way!

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At least the other link was a clear, well-written, well-reasoned article. I have no idea what this one is.

It's a silly rant about feelings. Spin up a decent sized Kubernetes cluster or use CloudFormation and please report back how you feel 6 months later.

Kubernetes grew out of Borg, right?

Ever use borgcfg?

Nah. Can you reference any public examples of an example cfg out in the wild?

The first google hit I get is a presentation that includes a very small config sample: http://www.hpts.ws/papers/2015/wilkes.pdf

The second hit is a google+ post wailing “arrrrgh, somebody reinvented borgcfg for Kubernetes” :)

I’m guessing the switch to YAML, even though it might be a bit tedious, was an explicit reaction to the fact that the ultra-programmable borgcfg turned out to cause some big headaches.

I'm with you on this one. I enjoyed reading the arp242 article, but this one's like a bad meme - an incomprehensible mish-mash of links and emojis.

Not to mention fatal JS errors on mobile.

bag-on-on-YAML-and-provide-no-useful-alternatives day

HCL is pretty good

HOCON, from the Scala community, is great. It’s specifically designed for configure files (as opposed to data transfer) so has a bunch of features that make that easier.

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