Okay, so, I’ve been messing around with this thing called Fettle for a bit. It’s supposed to help you figure out if your config files are on point. Sounds neat, right? Let me tell you how it went.

Getting Started
First off, I grabbed Fettle from their GitHub page. They had some instructions there, so I followed those. It involved a bunch of command-line stuff, which, honestly, I’m not a huge fan of, but I managed. You know, the usual – cloning the repo, installing dependencies. That kind of jazz.
Running the Tests
Once I got it installed, I was like, “Alright, let’s see what this thing can do.” I pointed it at my config files. I have a bunch, for various things, like my web server, my database, you name it. Some of them are pretty old, and I wouldn’t be surprised if there are some issues hiding in there. So I ran Fettle against them.
The Results
And… well, it found some stuff. Some errors I didn’t even know about. Like, there was this one setting in my web server config that was totally wrong. It was a security thing, apparently. Yikes! Good thing Fettle caught that. I fixed it right away. It also found some inconsistencies between different config files. Like, I had different settings for the same thing in different places. That’s not good. So I cleaned that up too.
- It highlighted a bunch of outdated configurations.
- I discovered settings that were conflicting with each other.
- It even suggested some improvements for optimization.
Overall Impression
Honestly, it was a bit of a pain to set up initially, but Fettle really did its job. It showed me that I had stuff to clean up in my configs, which is always a good thing. And now that I have gone through the process, I feel more confident about my setup. I definitely recommend giving it a shot if you have a bunch of configuration files lying around. You never know what it might find. It’s like a little config file detective.
It was quite a bit of effort, but I think it is worth it. Now, I can sleep better at night, knowing that my configuration files are in order. I might even make this a regular thing. You know, run Fettle every few months, just to make sure everything is still good. Better safe than sorry, right?

So, yeah, that’s my Fettle story. It wasn’t all smooth sailing, but I learned a lot, and I ended up with a much better setup. Hope this was helpful, or at least mildly entertaining! If you’re into this kind of thing, I’d say it is worth a try.