I hate yaml; finding that one wrong indentation level that makes everything goes to hell while still being perfectly parseable is a nightmare. Brackets were created for a reason, please don't throw away that.

Just don't use notepad

Then use an editor that does it for you, python works fine too if you use a proper editor

@alexbrooklyn What if I have a multi-level objects with recursive schema? Sometimes it's just too easy to miss an indent level.

Yaml has several much more significant issues than significant whitespace.

I have nothing against yaml or json, but what bothers me is when I'm in AWS console looking at a cloud formation stack and I click on the Template tab, and there's a bloated mess of un-formatted json that's completely unreadable. Of course, easily solved by copying the json out and formatting it in my editor. But why should I hav eto do that. AWS, format that shit automatically and make it readable. Also, why the fuck do they insist on supported both formats? Stick with one and KISS. That's my rant for the day.