That's a Lot of YAML

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Post by hisamafahri » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 7:03 AM UTC

That's a Lot of YAML
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Re: That's a Lot of YAML

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Post by erlich » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 9:12 AM UTC

I actually like the SQL example.

Re: That's a Lot of YAML

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Post by fodkodrasz » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 9:12 AM UTC

There is no problem with YAML, just like there was no problem with XML at all. The problem is with the software devs who use it for the wrong thing. I just wonder why JSON doesn't get all the hate, while it is a terrible format also: it is not streamable (YAML is), it doesn't have comments... and non-standard workarounds are used for these features. Norway better than YAML, in my opinion.

Re: That's a Lot of YAML

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Post by cheptsov » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC

Next time the author would like to write an article like that, it’s better that they offer a new standard that is as flexible while also doing the work YAML is doing today

Re: That's a Lot of YAML

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Post by embedding-shape » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 9:16 AM UTC

cheptsov wrote: post #4

Next time the author would like to write an article like that, it’s better that they offer a new standard that is as flexible while also doing the work YAML is doing today

EDN? Probably too flexible from some perspectives. No surprise Norways though.

Re: That's a Lot of YAML

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Post by zahrevsky » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 9:17 AM UTC

Am I the only one who finds this writing style hard to read?

I stumbled upon this page a few years back and was very confused by the language. It took me some time to parse it and realize that all the comments are actually sarcastic. Overall, the general style feels like I'm reading comments on TikTok.

It's not that I'm against this style; it's just that you don't expect it in a technical article.

Re: That's a Lot of YAML

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Post by elfrinjo » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 9:18 AM UTC

Put quotes around your strings an you'll be mostly fine.

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Post by taspeotis » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 9:20 AM UTC

Yelling At My Laptop

Re: That's a Lot of YAML

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Post by discreteevent » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 9:21 AM UTC

- "something broke" is way better than stack traces with line numbers

That sums it up. Its the same since the days of XML. Someone decides to make something configurable externally and then everything gets put in there for convenience. Now we are programming in XML/YAML without even a stack trace (or a debugger, or call hierarchy, or type checking or ... )

Re: That's a Lot of YAML

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Post by 9dev » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 9:21 AM UTC

erlich wrote: post #2

I actually like the SQL example.

right? Sensible nesting (that's how I'd break and indent a long query anyway), folding in proper code editors, proper hierarchy... what's not to like?