How's it annoying? It's easier to edit by hand than json as it allows for comments and there's no trailing comma errors. I prefer it any day over json.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

There’s a lot of foot guns in YAML. The specification is way more complicated with hidden obscurities. JSON specification is just 5 diagrams. YAML speciation on the other hand is an 86 page pdf, so there’s more room for nasty surprises (which is not a thing you want in configuration files).

I’ve also seen many people struggle more than they need to with the yaml indentation.

I think the only upside to yaml is that it allows for comments, but other than that JSON all the way.

https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2023/01/11/the-yaml-document-from-hell

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

It's just another syntax to learn. For someone who already has their head crammed full of a bunch of other syntaxes over the years, I didn't want to learn a new one. YAML has kind of forced it's way in anyways though.