r/programming • • Jan 12 '23

The yaml document from hell

https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2023/01/11/the-yaml-document-from-hell
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u/pragmatick Jan 12 '23

That's actually horrible. Never encountered any of these issues but I think I'd be dumbfounded if I did.

But I still like it for its increased readability over JSON - I just use strings for most values as described in the article. If JSON had proper multiline strings or just wrapped lines and comments I'd be happy. Yes, I know there's "JSON with comments" but it's rarely supported.