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Re:JSON as configuration files: please don’t (2016) by caseymarquis on Sunday April 14, 2019 @11:18AM (#19659882)
While there are no explicit comments in JSON, you can just add a superfluous string:

{ useFluxCapacitorComment: "Enables time travel. true or false", useFluxCapacitor: true }

I don't mind the formatting, but I'm a professional developer, so my tolerance for complex UIs is abnormal.

Written on mobile, so that JSON may look like garbage.

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Re:JSON as configuration files: please don’t (2016) by eitland on Sunday April 14, 2019 @01:31PM (#19660577)
Often not an option:

E.g: npm/yarn will complain loudly if you add unexpected lines in package.json IIRC.

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