I have been using TSV a LOT lately for batch inputs and outputs for LLMs. Imagine categorizing 100 items. Give it a 100 row tsv with an empty category column, a

I have been using TSV a LOT lately for batch inputs and outputs for LLMs. Imagine categorizing 100 items. Give it a 100 row tsv with an empty category column, and have it emit a 100 row tsv with the category column filled in. It has some nice properties: 1) it’s many fewer tokens than JSON. 2) it’s easier to edit prompts and examples in something like Google sheets, where the default format of a copied group of cells is in TSV. 3) have I mentioned how many fewer tokens it is? It’s faster, cheaper, and less brittle than a format that requires the redefinition of every column name for every row. Obviously this breaks down for nested object hierarchies or other data that is not easily represented as a 2d table, but otherwise we’ve been quite happy. I think this format solves some other things I’ve wanted, including header comments, inline comments, better alignment, and markdown support.