The extendibility of it is impressive, as well as the list of formats supported by the community. The ability to output JSON for debugging next to tight-concise

The extendibility of it is impressive, as well as the list of formats supported by the community. The ability to output JSON for debugging next to tight-concise binary formats, is really appealing. I've dealt with a number of C++ based serialization libraries, and they always have serious downsides to the point I often end up hand serializing structures with one-off half-baked formats just like you, which is error prone and laborious.