Surely "1337" is the same as 1337, right?
Surely "1337" is the same as 1337, right?
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Panel 1: Bilbo Baggins ponders, “After all… why should I care about the difference between int and String?
Panel 2: Bilbo Baggins is revealed to be an API developer. He continues, “JSON is always String, anyways…”
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CBOR for life, down with JSON.
18 0 ReplyHell, no. If I wanted to save bytes, I’d use a binary format, or just fucking zip the JSON. Looking at a request-response pair and quickly understanding the transferred data is invaluable.
3 0 ReplyIf you're moving away from text formats, might as well use a proper serialisation tool like protobuf...
4 0 ReplyYaml?
1 0 ReplyFor the love of all things pure, holy, and just, please do not use YAML in your APIs...
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