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ameliustoday at 1:21 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yeah maybe a bit harsh. But the point is if you are looking for that kind of performance, I don't see why you wouldn't send binary data and then unpack it as needed.


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appreciatorBustoday at 2:12 PM

If you control both ends of the pipe, then sure. But for better or worse, large chunks of infrastructure expect to send or receive JSON.

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DarkUraniumtoday at 4:27 PM

Because maybe the choice of serialization format isn't under your control?