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YAML? That's Norway Problem
Traces YAML's Norway problem — where the country code NO parses as false — through spec versions v1.0 to v1.2, and shows why popular libraries like PyYAML and libyaml still exhibit the bug in 2026 despite the fix landing in the spec over a decade ago.
May 18, 2026 · tech · lab174, lab174.com
Topics
- software-engineering
- api-design
- developer-tooling
- production-systems
- engineering-craft
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- API design
Principles for designing interfaces — whether REST endpoints, component inputs, or module boundaries — that minimize what callers need to know while keeping implementations free to evolve.
- Developer tooling
Developer tooling spans the full surface area of software construction — version control, testing, shell ergonomics, AI coding assistants, and platform infrastructure — with a consistent theme: reducing friction without sacrificing correctness or security.
- Engineering craft
Engineering craft is the accumulated discipline of writing, organizing, and maintaining software well — spanning code design, tooling fluency, communication, and the judgment to know when technical excellence actually changes outcomes.
- Production systems
The engineering decisions that determine how software behaves under real load, covering durability, observability, testing discipline, performance constraints, and the operational costs of failure.
- Software engineering
Software engineering spans craft, process, and judgment — how code is structured, tested, reviewed, deployed, and maintained — and the sources collected here collectively interrogate each layer as AI tooling reshapes who does what and why.
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