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JSON existed before protobufs is really it. When I left the node world 3 years ago, protobufs were the new hot thing. Any new project should start with them ove
by kevstev 7y ago
JSON existed before protobufs is really it. When I left the node world 3 years ago, protobufs were the new hot thing. Any new project should start with them over JSON imho.
There is some friction to them though, and I think a lot of it is that most tutorials and beginner books like to keep things as simple as possible, and people start their little project, it gets traction, and then they figure out they need protobufs but now its hard to introduce. In most projects, even today, it seems that its the version 2.0 that gets protobufs, v1.0 keeps JSON for simplicity, unless you have a bunch of seasoned devs involved.