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Surely "1337" is the same as 1337, right? (sopuli.xyz)
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Meme transcription:

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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[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Protocol Buffers are hated, but they are needed.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Do you actually use them?

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I'm a student so, yes and no?

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I do, but I also don't think that's a silver bullet, unfortunately. There's convenience in code generation and compatibility, at least