People hates YAML because doing so makes them look cool and trendy. Just like Python-hating. Even if their 'hate' is misdirected. I'm an experienced SaltStack

People hates YAML because doing so makes them look cool and trendy. Just like Python-hating. Even if their 'hate' is misdirected. I'm an experienced SaltStack user. If I found something I need is too complex to be described in YAML, I'll just write a custom module and/or state. Use YAML just to inform Salt what should happen, and shove the logic in the Python files. People really should become generalists if they handle the plumbing.