The document discusses maintaining sanity when working with Kubernetes YAML files. It recommends not directly editing source files, and instead using generators and transformers. Macros are preferred over templates for reuse of configuration snippets. The goal is to make it easy for anyone to create and use Kubernetes configurations by continuing to improve tools for working with YAML files.

1. Bryan Liles, Senior Staff Engineer, VMware
Kubernetes YAML + Science =
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Thought #1: Don’t edit your
source files directly

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Thought #2: Generators and
transformers are helpful

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Thought #3: Macros are
better than templates

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Thought #4: Macros are
better than templates

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• It should be easy for anyone to create configurations
• It should be easy for anyone to use configurations
• Our current tools are almost there, but need more work
• Let’s invest in our how we look at YAML to make the
world better for everyone.