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The yaml document from hell (ruudvanasseldonk.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/programming

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A 10 minute read covering some YAML edge-cases that you should have in mind when writing complex YAML files

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Writing YAML is only better than writing XML. I'd rather read and write JSON, which is allegedly not "human-friendly" for some reason.

If you get to choose a format, please pick something else. There are plenty of better options these days.