Introduces TOON, a compact and readable alternative to JSON for data exchange, especially useful for AI tokens and general programming.
A guide comparing JSON, YAML, and TOML configuration file formats, showing syntax examples and use cases.
Explores YAML's lesser-known features, starting with its relationship to JSON and how JSON syntax is valid YAML.
Analyzes YAML's strengths and weaknesses, proposing key features for a better successor format in tech configuration.
Explores the surprising flexibility of YAML keys, including spaces and special characters, with examples from Home Assistant config.
Explains how to pass data between JavaScript and Python using JSON serialization and AJAX requests with the Fetch API and Flask.
Explains how to implement truly optional scalar fields in Protocol Buffers 3 using wrapper types, with practical Go examples.
Compares three methods for building JSON strings in R, discussing the pros and cons of each approach for developers.
Explains why checking native byte order in code is usually wrong and demonstrates portable, endianness-agnostic data extraction techniques.
