Ep 053: How Can I Save My Data From Serialization?

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This week, the question is: "How can I save my data from serialization?" We record our thoughts on the many trade-offs we have encountered preserving our data when it leaves our programs.

Selected quotes:

• "Clojure has the best data structures on the planet."
• "One of the reasons why JSON is so popular is because XML was so overbearingly hard."
• "XML decided that trees aren't dimensional enough, so they added another dimension in attributes."
• "Serialization formats aren't for humans, Nate, what are you talking about?!"
• "EDN isn't horrible to look at because it's just Clojure data structures."
• "We don't want freezer burn!"

Related episodes:

• 014: Fiddle with the REPL

Links:

• EDN
• Transit
• Nippy
• Fressian
• fress: Fressian for Clojure(Script) AND WASM!