And I find it surprising that JSON is so omnipresent when there are far more efficient alternatives, sometimes better suited to a truly modern development experience. Among them: Protocol Buffers, or Protobuf.

In software development, generating code hasn’t been the main bottleneck since we moved away from punch cards. The far bigger constraints are understanding the problem, communicating with stakeholders, working effectively with other people, designing the system, managing risks and trade-offs, and operating systems in complex social environments over time.