That’s a cumbersome extra step for unclear benefit.

Yes, q is supposedly faster than jq. But it is exceedingly rare for me to ever have any performance problems with jq, especially since it’s essentially a one off utility I use occasionally, not as part of the hot loop of any workflow where performance matters.

In that case I suppose you wouldn't use it.

It's more than a little strange that isn't default behavior out of the box without specifying input. How do the authors think jq is used?

I trend to use jq with a file all the time, I prefer to curl first and later operate on top. /slug

I'm pretty sure the author has also replied elsewhere saying he will add it since it was brought up as a concern.