As a data format, yaml is extremely complicated and it has many footguns. In this post I explain some of those pitfalls by means of an example, and I suggest a few simpler and safer yaml alternatives.
A 10 minute read covering some YAML edge-cases that you should have in mind when writing complex YAML files
I have the same feeling about kubernetes.
Kubernetes seems closer to the top of the tower of Babel than to the basement. Part of it anyway.