Are we all YAML engineers now?

Ignite talk given at Config Management Camp 2018.
Makes little sense on its own.

Transcript

1. ---
   name: 'bob walker'
   title: 'Head of Web Operations'
   employer: 'Government Digital Service'
   twitter: '@rjw1'
   pronouns: 'he/him or they/them'
   slide: 1
   

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2. ---
   question: 'Are we all
   YAML engineers now'
   

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3. GDS
   ---
   slide: 3
   text: 'in the beginning'
   markups:
   - 'GML'
   - 'SGML'
   - 'XML'
   

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4. GDS
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   slide: 4
   YAML: YAML Ain't Markup Language
   URL: http://yaml.org/
   What It Is: YAML is a human friendly data
   serialization standard for all programming
   languages.
   

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5. GDS
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   slide: 5
   uses:
   - "configuration"
   - "object persistence"
   - "internet messaging"
   - "data serialization"
   

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6. GDS
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   slide: 6
   question: "What about JSON?"
   

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7. GDS
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   slide: 7
   question: "What about XML?"
   

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8. GDS
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   slide: 8
   question: "How did this journey start?"
   

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9. GDS
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   slide: 9
   meta: "Talk for another 20 seconds"
   

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10. GDS
    ---
    slide: 11
    meta: "hopefully bob is still
    talking"
    

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11. GDS
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    slide: 11
    meta: "will bob ever stop talking"
    

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12. GDS
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    slide: 12
    things:
    - kubernetes
    - docker compose
    - cloudfoundry
    - concourse
    - .travis.yml
    - Ansible
    

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13. ---
    slide: 14
    kubernetes: "lots of YAML"
    GDS
    

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14. GDS
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    slide: 14
    kubernetes: "YAML generating
    YAML"
    

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15. GDS
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    slide: 15
    Docker Compose: "At least it's not a shell script"
    

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16. GDS
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    slide: 16
    SafeYAML:
    "https://github.com/imbal/safeyaml"
    

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17. GDS
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    slide: 17
    quote: I think I just coined the phrase "YAML farmer"
    authour: Gareth Rushgrove
    url:
    https://twitter.com/garethr/status/9598222141021224
    96
    

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18. ---
    question: 'Are we all
    YAML engineers now'
    

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19. ---
    question: 'Are we all
    ML engineers now'
    answer: 'Yes'
    

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20. ---
    text: 'Thanks!'
    hiring: true
    name: 'bob walker'
    twitter: @rjw1
    slide: 20
    

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