Given her experience and work history, it's much more likely that she views any text-based protocol as an unnecessary abstraction over simply processing raw TCP.
Is this a joke? I don't even know where to begin with this comment... It reads like a joke, but I suspect it's not?
TCP is just a bunch of bytes... You can't process a bunch of bytes without understanding what they are, and that requires signaling information at a different level (ex - in the bytes themselves as a defined protocol like SSH, SCP, HTTP, etc - or some other pre-shared information between server and client [the worst of protocols - custom bullshit]).
__attribute__(packed) structs with an enum at the front indicating their type. The receivers use a switch to figure out which sub-message to interpret the strict as...
It isn't pretty and you better be able to control the rollout of both sides because backwards compatibility will not be a thing. But I'll take it over a giant pile of code generation in many circumstances
> or some other pre-shared information between server and client [the worst of protocols - custom bullshit])
Why is this worse than JSON?
"{'protected': {'protected': { 'protected': 'QABE' }}}" is just as custom as 66537 imo. It's easier to reverse engineer than 66537 but that's not less custom.
parent mentioned SOAP as an alternative to JSON. I was being glib about the fact that the engineer who wrote this blog post is a highly-regarded sysadmin and SRE who tinkers on things ranging from writing her own build systems to playing with RF equipment.
I call shenanigans on this. Suicide rates are not a reliable signal for underlying mental health issues in isolation
Bullying via social media and group chats is endemic, and phones function as a massive signal amplifier in this regard.
Furthermore, there is a growing body of evidence which link early smartphone use to poor outcomes in social skills, degraded critical thinking ability, and elevated rates of depression.
This feels very much like someone picking data to fit their hypothesis.
Shout out to Archery GB - https://archerygb.org/ - because if you're going to be firing arrows, you really really should know how to do it safely. Bows are not toys.
