There is a speed hit to reflection. As for the tag issue: writing your own marshaler isn't actually a huge problem. I have been meaning to write my own json mar

There is a speed hit to reflection. As for the tag issue: writing your own marshaler isn't actually a huge problem. I have been meaning to write my own json marshaler for a while. I personally find the solution much more paletable than many other ways of marshaling in and out of json.