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by wstrange 3348 days ago
Given Google's involvement, I am wondering why they did not choose jsonnet?
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user5994461 3348 days ago
Hopefully, it was avoided on purpose because it's a complete nightmare to use.
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wstrange 3348 days ago
Honest question: How so?

I have not used it in anger - just played around with it.

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user5994461 3347 days ago
Too much indirection.

You get big files filled with variables, loaded from other big files also full of variables. It's hard to know what you are setting after a while or where it comes from.

After a while playing with configuration systems, I'm starting to think that configuration should just be hardcoded once and for all.

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Edmond 3347 days ago
I would rather contact you directly but your profile is empty.

I would like to introduce you to HiveMind described here: http://blog.crudzilla.com/2016/10/managing-configurations-wi...

It addresses the issues that JSSONET does without inventing a new templating language.

I am happy to give a skype demo, email me if interested.

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