Hacker News with Generative AI: Configuration Management

We got tired of duct-taping .env, tunnels, and Git configs — so we built a CLI. (devexp.pro)
Developers today are drowning in fragmented tools: secrets in .env, tunnels in ngrok, keys in ~/.ssh, Git identities per repo, and scripts duct-taped across folders...

DevOps, CLI Tools, Configuration Management, Security

8 points by artpani 27 days ago | 3 comments

Show HN: OpenWrt Configurator – Simple config management for OpenWrt devices (github.com/jasrusable)
OpenWrt Configurator is a CLI tool and corresponding JSON config file which lets you specify the entire state of your network including UCI configuration, packages and firmware versions in a single UCI-like JSON config file which can be provisioned to your OpenWrt devices using OpenWrt Configurator.

OpenWrt, Networking, Configuration Management, CLI Tools, JSON

7 points by jasrusable 28 days ago | 0 comments

That's a Lot of YAML (noyaml.com)
Made with 💖 by https://ghuntley.com after one too many CustomResourceDefinitions

YAML, Configuration Management, Software Development

82 points by l0b0 42 days ago | 55 comments

Stop Treating YAML Like a String (theyamlengineer.com)
Koreo is a data structure orchestration engine. Although it's primarily designed for Kubernetes resource orchestration, Koreo's core functionality can orchestrate and manage virtually any structured data. What Koreo provides today, however, is a new approach to Kubernetes configuration management empowering developers and platform teams through programmable workflows. This approach draws upon the strengths of existing tools like Helm, Kustomize, and Crossplane while addressing some of their limitations.

Kubernetes, Configuration Management, Data Structures, Programming Languages, DevOps

23 points by tylertreat 44 days ago | 0 comments

Configuration Complexity Clock (2012) (blogspot.com)
When I was a young coder, just starting out in the big scary world of enterprise software, an older, far more experienced chap gave me a stern warning about hard coding values in my software. “They will have to change at some point, and you don’t want to recompile and redeploy your application just to change the VAT tax rate.” I took this advice to heart and soon every value that my application needed was loaded from a huge .ini file.

Software Development, Configuration Management, Best Practices

51 points by jelder 51 days ago | 15 comments

Writing a Bash builtin in C to parse INI configs (mbuki-mvuki.org)
Shell languages such as Bash excel at certain tasks, such as gluing programs together or quickly automating a set of command line steps. In contrast to those strengths, using a Shell to parse an INI config file is a bit like writing a poem in mud, you might succeed, but the result will probably be inscrutable and your swear jar will be full!

Bash, C, INI Files, Programming, Configuration Management

30 points by namanyayg 55 days ago | 3 comments

Ignoring unwanted Terraform attribute changes (mattsbit.co.uk)
I’ve ocassionally found Terraform providers that take an attribute and manipulate it in a way that.. isn’t favourable.

Terraform, Configuration Management, DevOps

36 points by mrmattyboy 61 days ago | 11 comments

Show HN: Re-Imagining Configuration Management (configfacets.com)
One platform, endless possibilities: Streamline application and deployment configurations, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), agentic prompts, feature flags, and more.

Configuration Management, DevOps, Software, Show HN

4 points by nathangokul1981 76 days ago | 0 comments

A float walks into a gradual type system (ruudvanasseldonk.com)
I am building a new configuration language: RCL. It’s a gradually typed superset of json that extends json into a simple functional language that enables abstraction and reuse. Its main purpose is to generate json, yaml, and toml files, but it makes a pretty good json query tool too. Think jq, but without having to ask an LLM to write the query for you.

Programming Languages, Configuration Management, Functional Programming

29 points by ruuda 81 days ago | 8 comments

A cross-platform multi-target dotfiles manager written in Rust (github.com/Shemnei)
⚡ A cross-platform multi-target dotfiles manager

Rust, Dotfiles, Cross-Platform, Configuration Management

81 points by michidk 82 days ago | 82 comments

Remco is a lightweight configuration management tool (github.com/HeavyHorst)
remco is a lightweight configuration management tool. It's highly influenced by confd.

Configuration Management, Tools, Software

29 points by gjvc 99 days ago | 9 comments

Terraform Config Root Setups (resourcely.io)
Terraform is a powerful tool for managing infrastructure as code, but how you organize your configurations can make or break your project’s scalability, maintainability, and team collaboration. At the core of this organization are config roots—the directories where your Terraform configurations live.

Terraform, DevOps, Configuration Management

62 points by carty7 100 days ago | 52 comments

Feature Flags vs. Configuration Options – Same Difference? (cs.cmu.edu)
Having spent over a decade researching configurable systems and software product lines, the phenomenon of feature flags is interesting but also deeply familiar.

Software Development, Feature Flags, Configuration Management, Software Engineering

61 points by m0nhawk 101 days ago | 7 comments

Home Manager: Dotfiles Management (gvolpe.com)
This project provides a basic system for managing a user environment using the Nix package manager together with the Nix libraries found in Nixpkgs. It allows declarative configuration of user specific (non-global) packages and dotfiles.

Configuration Management, Nix, Dotfiles

24 points by todsacerdoti 156 days ago | 12 comments

Show HN: Holos – Configure Kubernetes with CUE data structures instead of YAML (holos.run)
Holos is a configuration management tool for Kubernetes implementing the rendered manifests pattern. It handles configurations ranging from single resources to multi-cluster platforms across regions.

Kubernetes, Configuration Management, Tools, CUE

77 points by JeffMcCune 165 days ago | 34 comments

Starlark Programming Language (starlark-lang.org)
Starlark is a small language designed to be embedded in another application, to provide configuration or scripting abilities.

Programming Languages, Embedded Systems, Configuration Management

136 points by laurentlb 166 days ago | 121 comments

Ephemeral Resource Configuration Reference (hashicorp.com)
This topic provides reference information for the ephemeral block.

Configuration Management, HashiCorp, Cloud Computing

4 points by mooreds 173 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Varse – Simple remote application config (github.com/varse-io)
Varse is a tool for updating application variables at runtime. It has a dashboard for managing variables and an SDK for reading variables. It has built-in team managment for sharing configs across a team.

Software, DevOps, Configuration Management, Remote Configuration, Open Source

38 points by izakfr 199 days ago | 23 comments

Show HN: Holos – Configure Helm and Kustomize Holistically with Cue (holos.run)
This guide demonstrates how Holos makes it easier to integrate multiple Helm charts together with strong type checking and validation.

Kubernetes, Configuration Management, Tools, Open Source

21 points by JeffMcCune 206 days ago | 8 comments

DMNO: Environment Variables Evolved (dmno.dev)
DMNO makes your configuration safer and smarter. It integrates with the tools you already use and it's powered by TypeScript and Vite.

Environment Variables, Configuration Management, Development Tools, TypeScript, Vite

33 points by bpierre 234 days ago | 16 comments

Hydra: A framework for elegantly configuring complex applications (hydra.cc)

Configuration Management, Frameworks, Software Development

10 points by marksomnian 253 days ago | 0 comments

KCL, a constraint-based functional language for configuration (kcl-lang.io)

Programming Languages, Functional Programming, Configuration Management

62 points by atombender 291 days ago | 22 comments

Mackup: Keep your application settings in sync (OS X/Linux) (github.com/lra)

Configuration Management, Software, Open Source, Linux, OS X

9 points by eternityforest 292 days ago | 0 comments

NixOS Option Inspection (fzakaria.com)