This appears conceptually similar to something like line-delimited JSON with JSON Patch[1]. Personally I prefer that sort of approach - parsing a line of JSON

This appears conceptually similar to something like line-delimited JSON with JSON Patch[1]. Personally I prefer that sort of approach - parsing a line of JSON at a time and incrementally updating state feels easier to reason and work with (at least in my mind) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON_Patch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON_Patch