Config languages (and Dhall)
Haskell Community [Unofficial]
April 25, 2026
Thank you a lot for the tip. I’ve replaced my Dockerfile’s generator suite from bunch of YAMLs + Jinja (Ginger) template + the templating executable in Haskell to a bunch of Nickel files and a trivial shell script, resulted in a way smaller footprint, instant feedback and types out of the box instead of JSON schema; all of that with a single configuration language. Couldn’t recommend it enough. Seems like the sweet spot to me as well.
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