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Why YAML sucks? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by heikkiket@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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I feel that Yaml sucks. I understand the need for such markup language but I think it sucks. Somehow it's clunky to use. Can you explain why?

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[–] EvenOdds@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What YAML does Terraform use? HCL is similar but different enough to YAML.

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, thanks for calling that out. I think I may have mixed up some of the frustrations I experienced at an old job.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe you're thinking of Ansible?

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, there's a good example. Ansible would make more sense if its configuration language was Nix...

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

But if one is already using nix, then just use nix