On: YAML and Configuration Files

[dangoor]

I think Cue[1] is a much more powerful and useful config format that also has the ability to generate validated JSON or YAML if needed.

[1]: https://cuelang.org

[contravariant → dangoor]

Not sure if 'much more powerful' is a desirable feature for a configuration file language.

[Spivak → contravariant]

The ideal configuration format is really powerful and expressive for the author but resolves to a dead simple data structure for the consumer. If you need to template your config files for anything other than supplying external data it’s not expressive enough. I think YAML is closer than many of its contemporaries to this.

[fanf2 → dangoor]

CUE was recently discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28127951