A New Go API for JSON
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On Hacker News
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- 277
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- olexsmir
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- Nov 4, 2026
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- go.dev
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Trending history
A New Go API for JSON was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 4, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 89 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #4 of 30, reached on Nov 5, 07:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 5, 16:37 UTC. The same link also trended on Lobsters, which raises its cross-platform score.
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Where it trended
| List | Best | Days | Checks | Last seen |
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| Hacker News · Front page | #4 | 2 | 89 | |
| LLobsters · Hottest A new Go API for JSON - The Go Programming Language | same link | |||
From the discussion
A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.
At this stage to me Go is the new C compiler. Quite honestly I spent 10 years or more writing Go code. At times 18 hours a day. And now with AI, I get models to write my Go code. I STILL want it to be Go code. Is that strange? No because I understand the performance and safety of Go. But I rarely write it directly…
I generally like `encoding/json/v2` and I'm glad they did it. I wish they'd left `MarshalIndent` in there though. The equivalent code is super complicated and non-obvious, so it's a pain to migrate, and it's a pain when you're banging out some quick code and want to dump some readable JSON. I suppose these days the…
> "JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a simple data interchange format [...]" Clearly it isn't, otherwise every language would have sorted it out by... a long time ago.
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Is A New Go API for JSON trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 5, 16:37 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank A New Go API for JSON reached?
#4 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 5, 07:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has A New Go API for JSON been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 4, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (89 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
277 points and 125 comments; submitted by olexsmir on Nov 4, 2026.