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Re:RX – a new random-access JSON alternative by dietr1ch on Thursday March 19, 2026 @11:04AM (#47440719)
Well, JSON had no random access to begin with, so maybe that's on needing JSON.

Maybe a query over the random-access file then converted into JSON would work?

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Re:RX – a new random-access JSON alternative by Gormo on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @11:47AM (#47518978)
Right -- that's exactly the point. JSON is sequential data, and has no mechanism for random access. The previous comment described piping the JSON into jq as a solution for querying specific bits of data out of a JSON stream, which is consistent with what you're suggesting here, but still isn't a solution for random access.
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