I very much agree with your sentiment here. That's why I find Haskell lenses so fascinating. Although it's another level of challenge since it's done on a type

I very much agree with your sentiment here. That's why I find Haskell lenses so fascinating. Although it's another level of challenge since it's done on a type level. > something similar for JSON And I've looked for this as well. Haven't really tried any solution in the trenches but this one might be interesting for you: https://github.com/mmckegg/json-query https://github.com/mmckegg/json-query Also, GraphQL is tangentially related.