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Written by federico :debian: on 2025-01-30 at 09:36

Don't use YAML for configuration files. A single incorrect whitespace is enough to break indentation making subtle configuration changes that are easy to miss.

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Written by :So_happy_smiling_cat: kittyfailure on 2025-01-30 at 09:38

@federico3

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Written by sumanthvepa on 2025-01-30 at 09:39

@cybertailor @federico3

What would be a good alternative?

[#]JSON? #TOML?

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Written by federico :debian: on 2025-01-30 at 09:46

@sumanthvepa @cybertailor JSON does not support comments, JSONC is not popular, TOML and INI have their own footguns as well... but at least JSON can be formatted clearly and with the least ambiguity. #devoops

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Written by binaryphile on 2025-01-30 at 13:42

@federico3 @sumanthvepa @cybertailor I've heard high praise for pkl from people I respect but haven't had a reason to check it out myself: https://pkl-lang.org/

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