Bold idea: when you want to get computers to do something, use a programming language. NOT A YAML FILE. cloud.google.com/workflows/d…
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Every "declarative" language eventually becomes a (terrible) programming language, just without the aid of actual language design. We learned this with XML 20y ago; it astounds me that people seem to think the lesson of that age was that we used the wrong shape brackets.
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I don’t really see this for HTML or CSS
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appart for the explosion of javascript?
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Replying to @fanf42 @BrianGoetz @pchiusano
How is that HTML or CSS?

Sep 2, 2020 · 6:12 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov @BrianGoetz @pchiusano
js fill the prog game that html/css slow evolution let open regarding the need for programming on top of declarative lang
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Which makes them successful in being declarative. You’re not supposed to use them for everything. In fact, they’re rarely used beyond their original purpose, in contrast to JS :)
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