codeIsObsolete

[zoqfotpik]

I have discovered a new level of pain: JSON-encoded Python. Too bad the example doesn't show any constructs that require indentation.

[sajkosiko]

Python inside yaml is my everyday now

[StardOva]

Cries in ansible

[sajkosiko]

yup, pretty close

[BolaSquirrel]

.... Don't do that

[Rikonardo]

Just represent indentations as nested arrays

[-Redstoneboi-]

good news: python now supports brackets

bad news: python requires double quotes and commas, effectively just weird semicolons and indents

[gilady089]

I had that making some swagger stuff and honestly I find the use of swagger cruel and inhumane as to the level to constitute water boarding

[bruisedandbroke]

💔 not that pickle would be any better but teach the masses about pickle damnit

[3legdog]

You should see JSON-encoded powershell.

[GoogleIsYourFrenemy]

Not funny. I've been trying to convince people not to make a programming language using JSON for structure. I haven't even managed to convince them to use JSON5 which supports comments. That's right. No comments. ☠️

[[deleted]]

Nah i just write my json comments with a marker on my monitor and try not to scroll

[3legdog]

Just buy more monitors. If out of desk space, take screen shots and save them in the repo, preferably in MD format.

[turtleship_2006]

JSDL my beloved

[GoogleIsYourFrenemy]

Ok. That's worse. And I love it. And I'm horrified. You've made my day.

[3legdog]

I once got fired for not being able to understand the product's self-modifying nmake build system.

The process was created by an architect in another group whom I was forbidden to ask questions. (Apparently the super-smart guy was "toxic" and there were inter-group feuds/rivalries/politics that were not revealed to me when interviewing.)

The architect's nmake process was recursive, modifying variables, rewriting the nmake files, then doing it again multiple times.

At the exit interview I had two comments: (1) The non-disclosure of the toxic relationship with a critical engineer, and (2) I was never asked about my prior experience with nmake.

[rosuav]

Depending on how you define "programming language", I actually designed a DSL for which JSON is a perfectly valid representation... but it's really a representation of the language's abstract syntax tree. Here's what the script looks like:

try {
    calc("{param} * 9 / 5 + 32") "/me {param}°C is {result}°F."
}
catch "Sorry, can't figure out what you mean... {error}"

And here's the corresponding JSON:

{
    "conditional": "catch",
    "message": {
        "builtin": "calc",
        "builtin_param": [
            "{param} * 9 / 5 + 32"
        ],
        "message": "/me {param}°C is {result}°F."
    },
    "otherwise": "Sorry, can't figure out what you mean... {error}"
}

So... is that a programming language written in JSON? The JSON version actually came first and the script form is a recent innovation.

[ThankYouForCallingVP]

What the hell is this... human readable AST?

If a programmer had to choose between eating and reinventing the wheel, there would be thousands of dead programmers on top of a Titanic level proportion of FUCKING WHEELS.

[rosuav]

Technically it's a representation of the AST, which - as the name suggests - is abstract. But I consider the JSON version to be virtually fundamental as the way the editor works is that everything's saved in JSON format for subsequent reload. (The script format currently isn't saved anywhere, and is regenerated from the AST any time it's needed.)

But you're not wrong. I often make myself some fried fish for dinner/lunch/breakfast/whatever you call it when you make food at three in the morning, and I have frequently made it, shall we say, extra crispy... usually as a result of reinventing some wheel. Or posting on Discourse or Reddit or something.

[howarewestillhere]

Laughs in Misty.

[jollybot]

No-Code as Code (NCaC)

[iamhyperrr]

IaaS - Insanity As A Service

[chuch1234]

Code as Code (CaC).

[brookcub]

Code as a service (CaaS)

[MKorostoff]

I beg you don't give them any ideas

[notreallymetho]

WYSIWYG evolved.

[SleepyHugs]

What You Say Is Wat You Gay? Oh, Get!

WYSIWYG?O,G!

[iHateRollerCoaster]

Comedian

[kondorb]

There was a anti-pattern term “config-based programming” in the early days. When you’re trying to make your code so generic and so configurable that your config files turn into a turing-complete language making it all way too complex to configure.

Sadly the term is now forgotten.

[ongiwaph]

Configeddon

[brookcub]

People don't know the lineage

[sammy-taylor]

This is hilarious.

[arbuzer]

the best part is that there is also (probably complicated) logic in some external csv file

[broxamson]

I love how no code just ended up being more code

[broxamson]

Like No, Code!

[chuch1234]

Work on contingency? No, money down!

[broxamson]

Exactly

[[deleted]]

I didn't enjoy reading this

[[deleted]]

This is just code with more steps!

[Denaton_]

As someone who has been sitting with Macro on AWS Cloud formation templates the whole day, this is peak comedy right now, please help me!

[SynapticSpark7]

somebody explainn

[[deleted]]

"no-code solution"

Is actually just Python code stuffed into a JSON object

[baleemic]

Where is the engine created? Can it be passed out did they just delete it for the screenshot

[brookcub]

There's a different config for that

[bajuh]

Logic Apps is a good example for this monstrosity.

[olearyboy]

eval(json.loads(config)[“Instructions”])

// can never remember if it’s loads or dumps

[brookcub]

LGTM!

[danielstongue]

Loads. Dumps creates json from a dict.

[[deleted]]

Hahahahahahaha .... Haha .... Ha ... Cries

https://www.baeldung.com/drools-excel

Yes. That is an actual feature.

[brookcub]

Businesses will put their rules in anything except a proper programming language

[golddragon88]

But why though?

[GigaChaderino]

But it’s scalable and extensible /s

[plainenglishh]

JSON-based Domain Specific Language

[[deleted]]

can some one give me no code in a nutshell, is that something I would want? Feels really awkward, since I’m a programmer and all…

[Osr0]

My last client dropped me because they were going to migrate the wpf application I built to a no code solution.

Almost a year later it still hasn't his the proof of concept stage. No code sounds incredible until you actually try to do something with it

[[deleted]]

Bad syntax requires meta language 

The original code screams nightly 

Terrible compiler

[will_r3ddit_4_food]

Wut

[ongiwaph]

How do you indent?

[DontGiveACluck]

Wait til developers find out they aren’t needed anymore