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Hey guys - had a quick question. Has there been some prior work around converting an existing pulumi yaml to say, generate python code?

Indeed there has! <https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pulumi-yaml-ga/#full-support-for-pulumi-convert>

beautiful - so if you have YAML, you can go to any language

From the blog:
```pulumi convert --language python```
"This generates a Python program defining the exact same resources, along with all required dependencies."

so if i have python code, i wouldn't be able to take it to YAML but i could go the other way

You may hit little issues -- for example, it may not generate the most perfectly idiomatic Python code, etc. But it should generate a valid program in any supported language.

Correct -- YAML to anything, but not the other way 'round .. yet. :slightly_smiling_face:

<@UDWGK72BY> is there some work-in-progress or sentiment/interest towards enabling python/js/etc to YAML?

essentially, something like that would enable going from one language to another (using YAML as the intermediary)

Definitely yes -- let me see if I can dig up an issue, as I think there may already be one.

this is perhaps the only related one i can see? <https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/issues/12720>

Yeah I think you're right; that's all I was able to find also.

Would you be up for filing an issue on pulumi/pulumi for it? If not I'd be happy to.

There's a _similar_ issue at <https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/issues/4271>.
I would say it's incredibly unlikely that we would do a conversion from TS/Python/etc to YAML or anything else. It's likely just far far too difficult in general to be able to parse and convert a general programming language to another one.
I've got an idea which might allow us to do the most basic programs (a program that doesn't use an Apply methods), but it's a lot of work for not a very clear benefit.