> We need binary formats. In this era we are capable for it. We have them, they're used where appropriate. > Throw away the text formats. I would argue that

> We need binary formats. In this era we are capable for it. We have them, they're used where appropriate. > Throw away the text formats. I would argue that _most_ of the time tsv or csv are used it's because either: a) the lowest common denominator for interchange. Oh, you don't have _my specific version of $program? How about I give you the data in csv? _everything_ can read that... b) a human is expected to inspect/view/adjust the data and they'd be using a bin -> text tool anyways. The move to binary based log formats (`journald`) is still somewhat controversial. It would have been a non-starter if the tooling to make the binary "readable" wasn't on-par with (or, in a few cases, better!) than the contemporary text based tooling we've been used to for the prior 30+ years..