whoever invented json and decided that we should use it for everything should be punished.
wait no, no one invented it really. json is actually just a side effect of using javascript in browsers that became a standard due to the philosophy of "well hell, it seems to work so why not?", which is also known as the guiding principle behind 90% of web development.
@scarly For what it's worth, before that people were trying to use XML for the same purpose.
@scarly @klara oh shit, I forgot about SOAP. Yeah having APIcontracts was nice, but it was probably the worst possible implementation