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- [Your configs suck? Try a real programming language](https://beepb00p.xyz/configs-suck.html)
- Most modern config formats suck
- Use a real programming language
- [Code rant: The Configuration Complexity Clock](https://mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2012/05/configuration-complexity-clock.html)
- I’m not saying that it’s never appropriate to implement complex configuration, a rules-engine or a DSL, Indeed I would jump at the chance of building a DSL given the right requirements, but I am saying that you should understand the implications and recognise where you are on the clock before you go down that route.
- Initially there was hope that non-technical business users would be able to use the GUI to configure the application, but that turned out to be a false hope; the mapping of business rules into the engine requires a level of expertise that only some members of the development team possess.
### Continuous Integration (CI)