YAML to JSON in CI Pipelines: Why It Breaks More Often Than You Expect
YAML is everywhere in modern CI/CD pipelines — GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and infrastructure configs. But the moment you pass that YAML into APIs, SDKs, or validation tools, JSON suddenly becomes mandatory. On paper, converting YAML to JSON sounds trivial. In practice, it’s one of the most common sources of silent…