I prefer data be serialized into something human readable wherever there is any chance a person might want to edit it manually. Storage is dirt cheap and de-ser

I prefer data be serialized into something human readable wherever there is any chance a person might want to edit it manually. Storage is dirt cheap and de-serializing JSON is very fast. The registry isn't the place to do it, and I'm surprised anyone still bothers with it in 2021. All my software relies on config files, and this is the pattern Microsoft themselves have promoted for years with .NET