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by Timon3 436 days ago
YAML seems easier to read, but for me it's much harder to actually read properly since so many things are ambiguous. JSON is very explicit - you always know the data type you're looking at. YAML has a bunch of special cases that you have to remember, and these frequently lead to bugs.

The best example are boolean values. With JSON, you have `true` or `false`. With YAML you have all of these: y|Y|yes|Yes|YES|n|N|no|No|NO|true|True|TRUE|false|False|FALSE|on|On|ON|off|Off|OFF