The custom CLI tooling produces markdown formatted help files for hugo, the equivalent of

tool command --help

Fed into computational markdown, I extract the shape of them and feed another mad madlib scheme

# tool

## options

|name|description|validations|source|
|an_option|does the thing|has to be a thing|from_environment: context_value, default: pipeline.metadata.service.default_thing|

/api/oculus/fences/tool/describe

{ options: {an_option: {description: does the thing, validations: [has to be a thing], value_from: {context: context_value, default: {graph: pipeline.metadata.service.default_thing}}

#engineering #autisticengineering

We teach kids from an early age how madlibs work.

My kids started at 4, as imagination stories. We'd pause, fill in the blanks.

"down and down, around and around. soon the torches filled the walls and a big wooden door appeared. a slot opened and a man asked - what's the password?"

The gateway to the magic kingdom. Feed the function that forms the story

At work, Peregrine is my developer platform.

A series of YAML files, a reactive graph.

task:
container_definitions:
- name: !Mapped pipeline.metadata.service.name
image: <%= promoted_image %>
environment_variables:
- name: ENVIRONMENT
value!Mapped pipipeline.metadata.tags.environment

It needs documentation

#engineering #autisticengineering