A new Go API for JSON - The Go Programming Language
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A new Go API for JSON - The Go Programming Language was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Nov 4, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 90 checks on 4 different days. Its best position was #5 of 25, reached on Nov 5, 00:51 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 7, 15:51 UTC. The same link also trended on Hacker News, which raises its cross-platform score.
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I really love that Go figured a way to version the stdlib without making breaking changes and in a way that’s natural with Go modules major versions. Just having /v2 paths feels really simple and elegant to me Anyway to stay on topic, my favorite change about json/v2 is definitely how it makes it possible (and even…
There aren’t any major changes from the original GOEXPERIMENT. This post is actually an updated version of last year’s experiment post at https://go.dev/blog/jsonv2-exp. From what’s described there literally the only update I had to make from that post is that the “inline” struct tag was renamed to “embed”. Other…
v1 being internally reimplemented with v2 is incredibly nice and something I didn't know they did before reading this.
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It was first seen on Nov 4, 2026 and has been on the list on 4 days (90 checks) since.