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Re:Why are we templating YAML? by SamWhited on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:21PM (#19109191)
I'm all for good editor support, but you shouldn't need it to write a simple document. Complicated editors should be supporting tools at best, because you won't always be in a position to use one. The things we write should be simple enough to be written and understood by hand with minimal mistakes (then we can make it even easier in some cases using nice editors and tooling).
Re:Why are we templating YAML? by shirakawasuna on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:32PM (#19109297)
I don't think I've ever used anything under than vanilla vim for editing YAML files... with next to zero issues.

The problem for me is that the multiple ways to do the same thing result in something that's pretty opaque to clear specifications that aren't just very simple examples / structures.

Re:Why are we templating YAML? by SamWhited on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:58PM (#19109533)
Me too, except it's just always wrong the first time… drives me nuts. Maybe it's just me.