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		meehai 54 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RX – a new random-access JSON alternative and with little data (i.e. <10Mb), this matters much less than accessibility and easy understanding of the data using a simple text editor or jq in the terminal + some filters.

xxs 54 days ago | [–]

what do you mean by little data, most communication protocols are not one off

creationix 53 days ago | [–]

Also good luck parsing 10 MiB of JSON in a loop that can't tolerate blocking the CPU for more than 10ms.

What's expensive is very relative to the use case.

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