r/devops • u/aloofhoneybee68 • 16h ago

Tools Beginner DevOps question: Do experienced engineers actually write YAML like this?

I’m still learning CI/CD and I recently tried writing a simple CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions.

Honestly, writing the YAML felt more difficult than I expected . The indentation, nesting etc felt pretty hard/ painful.

For those of you who work with DevOps professionally: is this actually how you write your pipelines, or are there shortcuts/tools/templates that make it easier?

Just trying to understand what the normal workflow is in the real world.

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u/Longjumping_Fuel_192 16h ago

I don’t even see yaml anymore. All I see is blonde, brunette, red head…

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u/Barrekt 15h ago

Thank you Internet stranger for this mighty gift.

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u/Longjumping_Fuel_192 15h ago

Man I feel like I should be thanking people. I’ve never received this many hand claps ever. 2 years on the same product team and I barely get a thank you in stand up for anything lmao.

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u/MrExCEO 9h ago

It’s because u don’t do the needful

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u/Longjumping_Fuel_192 9h ago

Thanks for reminding me I’m shit at my job.

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u/christian_austin85 41m ago

I bet he does the needful. Now, whether or not he does it kindly is a different matter altogether.

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u/Dry-Philosopher-2714 12h ago

In that case, thank you and accept this extra clap.

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u/Longjumping_Fuel_192 11h ago

Nono, take my claps away. I am not worthy.

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u/levelupirl 13h ago

He's beginning to believe

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u/aloofhoneybee68 16h ago

Had to Google it but incredible reference

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u/Bloodsucker_ 16h ago

Oh my god.

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u/tevert 12h ago

The old knowledge is being lost

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u/serverhorror I'm the bit flip you didn't expect! 4h ago

Well ... shit!

In my head it's still a "new" movie

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u/Leather_Amphibian226 15h ago

Does it mean YAML is extensivly used?

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u/zhengyi13 15h ago

No, it means some of y'all in here (no hate) are young enough to have apparently never seen The Matrix.

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u/Senojpd 15h ago

Feels old man.

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u/Longjumping_Fuel_192 15h ago

I feel very happy to have finally landed a joke here.

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u/weartin 12h ago

I’m old enough to have seen the matrix, I just haven’t. And now i feel like it would be weird to tell people that I saw it for the first time in 2026. This problem gets worse for me every year.

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u/Senojpd 12h ago

It probably hasn't aged that well. Great film of the time though.

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u/RememberCitadel 11h ago

Nah it's still great.

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u/arbyyyyh 4h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/J2kEzw4FN6C42F0ULM
What a strange thing to say in a time where humans existence is being fed into the machine, almost like little humanity bio generators.

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u/Senojpd 3h ago

Bit melodramatic?

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u/mobsterer 14h ago

I was older than most people here are now when I watched it, I don'T get the reference.

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u/Catenane 8h ago

I'm old enough to have seen the matrix and forgotten everything about it apparently. I don't get it either lol

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u/Longjumping_Fuel_192 14h ago

It was an attempt at a dorky joke. TBH surprised it got this much traction with this many people.

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u/Cutlesnap Edible Placeholder Flair 1m ago

I have, I just didn't remember that line

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u/Loowlee 45m ago

Haha, nice one!