JSON has taken over the world. Today, when any two applications communicate with each other across the internet, odds are they do so using JSON. It has been adopted by all the big players: Of the ten most popular web APIs, a list consisting mostly of APIs offered by major companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter, only one API exposes data in XML rather than JSON.1 Twitter, to take an illustrative example from that list, supported XML until 2013, when it released a new version of its API that dropped XML in favor of using JSON exclusively. JSON has also been widely adopted by the programming rank and file: According to Stack Overflow, a question and answer site for programmers, more questions are now asked about JSON than about any other data interchange format.2
</> htmx ~ Hypermedia APIs vs. Data APIs
In this essay, Carson Gross explores the fundamental differences between hypermedia APIs and data APIs, He explains how hypermedia APIs, which return HTML over HTTP, can embrace frequent changes due to their self-describing nature, while data APIs require more stability and versioning to avoid breaking client code. Carson argues that these distinct characteristics should inform different design approaches for each type of API.
jsonhero
JSON Hero is an open-source, beautiful JSON explorer for the web that lets you browse, search and navigate your JSON files at speed. 🚀. Built with 💜 by the Trigger.dev team.
JSON Formatter & Validator
Format and validate JSON data so that it can easily be read by human beings.
Steve Krouse on Twitter / X
*gets up on soap box*With the announcement of this new "code mode" from Anthropic and Cloudflare, I've gotta rant about LLMs, MCP, and tool-calling for a second Let's all remember where this startedLLMs were bad at writing JSONSo OpenAI asked us to write good JSON schemas…— Steve Krouse (@stevekrouse) November 7, 2025
Open Responses
This is the standardization effort I've most wanted in the world of LLMs: a vendor-neutral specification for the JSON API that clients can use to talk to hosted LLMs. Open …
The lost art of XML — mmagueta
There exists a peculiar amnesia in software engineering regarding XML. Mention it in most circles and you will receive knowing smiles, dismissive waves, the sort of patronizing acknowledgment reserved for technologies deemed passé. "Oh, XML," they say, as if the very syllables carry the weight of obsolescence. "We use JSON now. Much cleaner."
Build Forms, APIs, and Agentic Workflows with One Self-Hosted Developer Productivity Platform - Form.io
The JSON-driven Strategy for Standardized Data Collection and Routing within Enterprise Applications in One Developer Productivity Platform.
human.json
A lightweight protocol for humans to assert authorship of their website content and vouch for the humanity of others.
JSON Feed
We’ve updated the spec to version 1.1. It’s a minor update to JSON Feed, clarifying a few things in the spec and adding a couple new fields such as authors and language.
standard.site/lexicons
Shared lexicon schemas for long-form publishing on AT Protocol. Uses typescript to json via prototypey.
JSON Crack - Chrome Web Store
Visualize JSON pages as an interactive graph. Toggle between raw text and an auto-generated diagram.
fx – a terminal JSON viewer & processor
A terminal viewer & processor for JSON, YAML, & TOML (TUI and CLI)
Sculpin: Direct-Manipulation Transformation of JSON
Presented at UIST 2025: PDF DOI Video
JSON Meta Application Protocol Specification (JMAP)
JMAP is the open protocol that replaces IMAP (and CardDAV and CalDAV). It’s faster, simpler, more powerful, and built for how email works today.
Why Executive Interest In APIs Is Booming
A decade ago, API awareness was limited, with evangelists educating a mostly unaware C-suite. Today, APIs are integral to business, widely embraced by executives and developers alike, reflecting a significant shift in digital transformation strategies.
The confusion about standard.site is that there are two distinct and different users. Those that use it as a database schema and those that use it as a new syndication format (like a Wordpress blog with a plugin). But HTML and RSS are views, whereas JSON doubles as both a storage schema and a view
Standard.site - One schema. Every platform.
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