As a data format, yaml is extremely complicated and it has many footguns. In this post I explain some of those pitfalls by means of an example, and I suggest a few simpler and safer yaml alternatives.

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

  • tyler@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    JSON is not easier for most strings. Anything multiline for example.

    But yaml is a superset of JSON so you literally can use JSON and it’s still valid YAML.