> as it doesn't require any additional knowledge of Types in order to access serialized data You still need to know the shape of the data you're working with,

> as it doesn't require any additional knowledge of Types in order to access serialized data You still need to know the shape of the data you're working with, or you won't get anything useful done. So you can't skip defining types or a format, you're just skipping the tools that help you follow said format.