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		ethan_smith 35 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JSON is not a YAML subset (2022) Configuration systems like Kubernetes and Docker Compose use YAML parsers that accept JSON as input, allowing users to write in either format without changing the tooling.

dathinab 34 days ago [–]

but the things is there is a difference between

1) a parser which can handle both (based on detecting both and then switches the parsing depending on it)

2) a parser which is made for YAML and happens to be able to parse JSON

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