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Stuff like GRPC / GQL feels cool, but JSON still feels "closer to the wire" and easier to work with using normal text-based tools / curl / etc. The internet fel

Stuff like GRPC / GQL feels cool, but JSON still feels "closer to the wire" and easier to work with using normal text-based tools / curl / etc. The internet felt like magic growing up once I learned about SMTP and HTTP using telnet and played with quite a few serial terminal devices. Now with many APIs behind OAuth or worse, it's getting much less trivial to hack around with in simple ways.

deaddodo 3y ago
> Stuff like GRPC / GQL feels cool, but JSON still feels "closer to the wire" This is like comparing a Mustang engine to a racetrack. They're not even equivalent technologies. GRPC and GraphQL would equate to SOAP, REST or some other interface protocol. JSON equates to protobuf, XML or another transport format. Of those three options, I have no idea how JSON would be considered the "closest to the wire". Protobuf is definitely the lowest level, while XML and JSON are about equivalent in abstraction.