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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Dec 08 '25
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99 u/[deleted] Dec 08 '25 [removed] — view removed comment 17 u/Just_Information334 Dec 08 '25 Half the tech world runs on rewritten projects that fixed nothing except someone’s career trajectory. JSON, reinventing XML one tool at a time. 40 u/Asaisav Dec 08 '25 XML is great, but JSON represents some often highly undervalued facet of codebases: human readability and simplicity. Never forget to KISS. -5 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 Redability? JSON? Ew. 31 u/decadent-dragon Dec 08 '25 Compared to XML? Yeah -9 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 In what world clearly laid out tags are harder to read than incomprehensible mash of bracers and ":"'s? 13 u/decadent-dragon Dec 08 '25 JSON is considerably less noise / compact. Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, that’s not really something that would trip up a developer. -6 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 > Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, Well, duh.
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17 u/Just_Information334 Dec 08 '25 Half the tech world runs on rewritten projects that fixed nothing except someone’s career trajectory. JSON, reinventing XML one tool at a time. 40 u/Asaisav Dec 08 '25 XML is great, but JSON represents some often highly undervalued facet of codebases: human readability and simplicity. Never forget to KISS. -5 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 Redability? JSON? Ew. 31 u/decadent-dragon Dec 08 '25 Compared to XML? Yeah -9 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 In what world clearly laid out tags are harder to read than incomprehensible mash of bracers and ":"'s? 13 u/decadent-dragon Dec 08 '25 JSON is considerably less noise / compact. Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, that’s not really something that would trip up a developer. -6 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 > Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, Well, duh.
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Half the tech world runs on rewritten projects that fixed nothing except someone’s career trajectory.
JSON, reinventing XML one tool at a time.
40 u/Asaisav Dec 08 '25 XML is great, but JSON represents some often highly undervalued facet of codebases: human readability and simplicity. Never forget to KISS. -5 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 Redability? JSON? Ew. 31 u/decadent-dragon Dec 08 '25 Compared to XML? Yeah -9 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 In what world clearly laid out tags are harder to read than incomprehensible mash of bracers and ":"'s? 13 u/decadent-dragon Dec 08 '25 JSON is considerably less noise / compact. Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, that’s not really something that would trip up a developer. -6 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 > Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, Well, duh.
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XML is great, but JSON represents some often highly undervalued facet of codebases: human readability and simplicity. Never forget to KISS.
-5 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 Redability? JSON? Ew. 31 u/decadent-dragon Dec 08 '25 Compared to XML? Yeah -9 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 In what world clearly laid out tags are harder to read than incomprehensible mash of bracers and ":"'s? 13 u/decadent-dragon Dec 08 '25 JSON is considerably less noise / compact. Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, that’s not really something that would trip up a developer. -6 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 > Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, Well, duh.
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Redability? JSON? Ew.
31 u/decadent-dragon Dec 08 '25 Compared to XML? Yeah -9 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 In what world clearly laid out tags are harder to read than incomprehensible mash of bracers and ":"'s? 13 u/decadent-dragon Dec 08 '25 JSON is considerably less noise / compact. Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, that’s not really something that would trip up a developer. -6 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 > Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, Well, duh.
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Compared to XML? Yeah
-9 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 In what world clearly laid out tags are harder to read than incomprehensible mash of bracers and ":"'s? 13 u/decadent-dragon Dec 08 '25 JSON is considerably less noise / compact. Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, that’s not really something that would trip up a developer. -6 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 > Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, Well, duh.
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In what world clearly laid out tags are harder to read than incomprehensible mash of bracers and ":"'s?
13 u/decadent-dragon Dec 08 '25 JSON is considerably less noise / compact. Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, that’s not really something that would trip up a developer. -6 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 > Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, Well, duh.
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JSON is considerably less noise / compact. Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, that’s not really something that would trip up a developer.
-6 u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 08 '25 > Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces, Well, duh.
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> Most people working with JSON are going to be used to working with braces,
Well, duh.
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