Ruud van Asseldonk personal blog
The Yaml document from hell
As a data format, yaml is extremely complicated and it has many footguns. In this post I explain some of those pitfalls by means of an example, and I suggest a few simpler and safer yaml alternatives.
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Software EngineeringTools & Productivity2023
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jan 12, 2023 | The Yaml document from hell by ruuda | 566 | 353 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | YAML document from hell (2023) by agvxov | 239 | 142 |
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