STsteveklabnik·Feb 3, 2022
Chef's Habitat project is in Rust: https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat
I've never used it though.
In Why are there no decent Go or Rust alternatives to Ansible?habitat-sh
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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8 sourcesPersonal anecdote: Habitat was developed as a sort of application deployment / configuration management tool in Rust, and the architecture there is roughly equivalent to an ECS. I found it a joy to work with and work on. Not sure if it's fundamentally a better software pattern, but it at least meshes with my brain better than how most OO-style software is laid out.
https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat
In Object-Oriented Entity-Component-System DesignQuick link to a complex one:
https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/blob/master/components...
In Toml: Tom's Obvious, Minimal LanguageHave you looked into Habitat? It provides a similar result with a complete build workflow that works across technologies and platforms: https://www.habitat.sh/
There's a rapidly growing library of libraries and services packaged with it: https://bldr.habitat.sh
Its build artifacts can be exported to a number of formats including container images and tarballs, maybe a XAR exporter could be built: https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/tree/master/components...
In XARs: An efficient system for self-contained executablesHey Tom,
I just wanted to say thank you real quick.
We use TOML in [Habitat](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat) to define default and overridable configuration. It's super easy and expressive.
The [Habitat Core Plans](https://github.com/habitat-sh/core-plans) have quite a few examples about how it gets used in the project. If you are looking for examples of larger configuration files with .toml, then that might be a good place to look for some real world use.
Thank you again!
In Toml: Tom's Obvious, Minimal LanguageA GitHub Issue in Three Acts for Habitat
1 points · Open discussionThe GitHub project: https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat
In Habitat — A new approach to automationFound this elsewhere, interesting to note, Habitat looks to be built mostly with Rust
https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat
In Habitat — A new approach to automation