After working with YAML and JSON (and XML and INI and CSV and so on), it seems like a) JSON is equivalent and simpler for basic structures, b) JSON + jq or a la

After working with YAML and JSON (and XML and INI and CSV and so on), it seems like a) JSON is equivalent and simpler for basic structures, b) JSON + jq or a language library is better than YAML's complex syntax (like not being able to merge lists[1]), and c) YAML has too many ways to express the same thing. Writing YAML is basically trial and error. [1] https://stackoverflow.com/q/24090177/96588 https://stackoverflow.com/q/24090177/96588