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Panel 1: Bilbo Baggins ponders, “After all… why should I care about the difference between int and String?

Panel 2: Bilbo Baggins is revealed to be an API developer. He continues, “JSON is always String, anyways…”

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[–] netvor 0 points 4 months ago

Great post, but I have to "well, actually" you on this little thing:

the REST protocol demands it.

REST is not a protocol, and does not have to do anything with JSON.

(eg. How Did REST Come To Mean The Opposite of REST? by Carson Gross)