For all of the discussion about YAML lately, it's great to reread the whitepaper at https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/architecture/declarative-application-management.md … where @bgrant0607 provided the most in-depth analysis of templating vs patches vs inheritance that exists.
Thanks. I am planning to write an update soon. I was looking at early UNIX tools recently, and it's shocking how little progress has been made in this space during my career, especially given how much pain it causes.
