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Definitely a case of prosecutorial overreach. The poor kid felt so hopeless and overwhelmed that he took his own life. Very sad story. Not commonly known. But
by hoomank3 6y ago
Definitely a case of prosecutorial overreach. The poor kid felt so hopeless and overwhelmed that he took his own life. Very sad story.
Not commonly known. But Swartz invented JSON. Every time you use it, you can thank him.
- cocoa19 6y agoWikipedia says Douglas Crockford specified and popularized JSON.
- aikah 6y agoSwartz participated in the creation of RSS spec, not JSON AFAIK. He was also involved in the development of reddit.
- leejoramo 6y agoAdditionally John Gruber acknowledges Aaron’s significant contribution to the creation of Markdown. https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/