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phre4k on July 23, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon Ion

Oh no, the xckd.com/927 begins.

We had JSON5, now we have Ion. Google and Microsoft will probably run their own, too, soon.

Why the IT community always forks their standards and never merges baffles me since >20 years.

teej on July 23, 2020 | [–]

Google has already protobuf for a long time.

whoevercares on July 23, 2020 | [–]

Ion predates JSON FYI. I heard Amazon invented it internally many years ago

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