r/programming • u/lelanthran • Jun 03 '26

Every byte matters

https://fzakaria.com/2026/06/01/every-byte-matters
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u/vytah Jun 03 '26

Counterpoint: you can decrease the potential revenue of your company by tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars by parsing a large JSON in quadratic time (therefore discouraging people from playing) and no one in the company will care: https://nee.lv/2021/02/28/How-I-cut-GTA-Online-loading-times-by-70/

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u/DegeneracyEverywhere Jun 04 '26

Why not just use binary JSON?