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crimsonnoodle5812/10/20251 replyview on HN

Yet said language continues to add imperative-inspired constructs to make up for its limitations..

The end result is still declarative, your just using an imperative language to keep your IaC DRY.


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lijok12/10/2025

If you have the expertise and restraint to not go off the rails, I agree, imperative is more powerful. That plan does not survive teams of sizes over 2 in the majority of cases.

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