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NGINX config language grates on me. Whyyy did they have to come up with their own config format? It is so much nicer to configure Caddy with JSON file for example.

2 years ago by Drew to c/programmingcirclejerk

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refalo 8 points 2 years ago

pretty sure it's because nginx was started about ten years before the JSON standard existed

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model_tar_gz -6 points 2 years ago

It’s not possible to write compatibility layers in software. It’s not possible to write a data structure conversion script. It’s not possible to update and refactor code to modern standards.

It’s not possible to do anything in software.

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MadhuGururajan 3 points 2 years ago

maybe you should do it, and help everybody? It's open source afterall!

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model_tar_gz 2 points 2 years ago

I have no need to, so I won’t. But the downvotes and your response prove my point: if there was a real need to, it probably would have already been done. In this case it’s easier and completely sufficient to just learn nginx’s config than it is to refactor it, or write the conversion/compatibility layer.

I will take my downvotes in stride, thanks for the validation.

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raoul 7 points 2 years ago

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nesc 2 points 2 years ago

Json is no better when you are doing it by hand, might be worse. They came up with their own config because there was a need.

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