Kubernetes Is Getting a Better YAML

The data serialization language used to deploy and run Kubernetes has gotten an overhaul.

The upcoming 1.34 release of Kubernetes may come with KYAML, a strict subset of YAML formatted specially for Kubernetes users.

“YAML is the programming language of Kubernetes,” noted Nigel Douglas, head of developer relations at Cloudsmith, a cloud native package management service, in an interview with TNS.

Yet, many users feel frustrated by a number of design quirks in YAML that cause extra work and additional debugging (even as the creator himself…