json is bad, xml is bad, yaml is bad, all the modern configuration formats are awful. we should just use the openbsd configuration style
@wxcafe I am thoroughly in the json camp. not because it's an especially good format. with a little schema help, it can describe just about any data, in a wildly popular human readable grammar. often it's better to have any dumb standard than no standard
@falkreon it is not human readable. openbsd config is human readable
@jleedev @falkreon openbsd uses opensmtpd: https://man.openbsd.org/smtpd.conf
@wxcafe @jleedev accessibility is weird. there's nothing inherently more *data* about cf versus conf versus json. conf puts your config in reach for some linux nerds like you and me. json puts your config in reach for a huge ecosystem of people doing everything from fullstack web devs to amateur Minecraft modders.
@wxcafe bring me sexprs or bring me death!
"oh but it's hard to parse" I don't care, it's your job as a dev to do it??