If you’ve ever had to stare at a 500-line XML file just to find one nested value, you’ve probably wished for something simpler. Enter YAML – the “YAML Ain’t Markup Language” that prioritizes human readability.
<person> <name>Alex</name> <age>32</age> <skills> <skill>Python</skill> <skill>YAML</skill> </skills> </person> xml to ydr
pip install xmltodict pyyaml python xml2yaml.py data.xml > data.yaml If you have yq (the Go version): If you’ve ever had to stare at a