Many people explained it better than I ever could, so let me defer to them. TL;DR: YAML is an overcomplicated spec with too many footguns. - https://ruudvanass

Many people explained it better than I ever could, so let me defer to them. TL;DR: YAML is an overcomplicated spec with too many footguns. - https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2023/01/11/the-yaml-document-from-hell https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2023/01/11/the-yaml-document-fr... - https://www.arp242.net/yaml-config.html https://www.arp242.net/yaml-config.html - https://noyaml.com/ https://noyaml.com/ (couldn't not mention this famous piece)