In re JSON causing problems, I would rather deal with...

In re JSON causing problems, I would rather deal with JSON than yet another bespoke 'simpler' format. I have plenty of tools that can deal with JSON in generally straightforward ways and approximately none that work on your specific new simpler format. Awk may let me build a tool, depending on what your format is, and Python definitely will, but I don't want to.

This is re: https://infosec.exchange/@tychotithonus/113012173172896900

Like 24 August at 2:35 | Open on mastodon.social

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Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

@cks And with CSV the quoting/escaping rules are a mess that most tools fail to grok (AWK included).

24 August at 2:39 | Open on queer.hacktivis.me

Lisa

@cks Depends on the data really, JSON has its uses, CSV has its uses, even XML and ini/conf has its uses.

But yeah, bespoke formats rarely do though.

24 August at 2:47 | Open on strangeobject.space

Michael Darweesh ☑️

@cks That's how I felt about XML back when it was getting used in configs everywhere.
It's not a great format, but at least it has tools and standardized structure enforcement.

24 August at 8:55 | Open on mastodon.social