miniblog.

Good read on the early history of JSON, and how it became the ubiquitous format it is today:

Docstrings are an awesome features that make languages more ergonomic. They help you understand code on the first read, and there's pressure to write them when it's part of the language. I suspect you can even get away with awful syntax if docstrings are ubiquitous.

I have never regretted time spent learning more about jq: https://stackoverflow.com/q/26701538/509706 . There's a definite learning curve, but it's really powerful. Large blobs of JSON are ubiquitous in many REST APIs and nothing comes close to jq's convenience.