SwiftDeploy: A Tool That Writes Its Own Infrastructure

What is SwiftDeploy? Most DevOps work involves writing config files manually — nginx.conf, docker-compose.yml, environment variables. SwiftDeploy flips this. You describe what you want in one file (manifest.yaml) and the tool generates everything else automatically. The manifest is the single source of truth. Every generated file derives from it. Change the manifest, regenerate, everything updates consistently. Part 1: The Design — A Tool That Writes Its Own Files The core idea is template subst