[dloreto]

I have a similar view to yours: as soon as you need variables, imports, functions or any other type of logic ... the existing "data-only" formats break down. Over time people either invent new configuration languages that enable logic (i.e. cue or jsonnet), or they try to bolt-in some limited version of these primitives into their configuration.

My personal take is that at some point you are better of just using a full programming langugage like TypeScript. We created TySON https://github.com/jetpack-io/tyson to experiment with that idea.

[codethief]

Thanks for your comment! This is now the second time I'm coming across Jetpack.io (the first time was when I found your devbox project) and this time, too, I come away thinking that you're magically reading my mind. :) Thank you for your work!

May I ask you, what exactly is Jetpack.io? It sounds like a blend between startup and open-source organization, given the prominent links to Github & Discord on your home page, the lack of a hiring page etc. I mean, I had to browse your website quite a while to find out you're actually selling a product(?) :)

Anyway, back to the topic at hand: The TySON README says

> The goal is to make it possible for all major programming languages to read configuration written in TypeScript using native libraries. That is, a go program should be able to read TySON using a go library, a rust program should be able to read TySON using a rust library, and so on.

YESSSS. In my wet dreams I sometimes even go one step further: How great would it be if every language could import constants[0] from any other language?