Re:RX – a new random-access JSON alternative
by 112233 on Friday March 20, 2026 @01:46AM
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But... what sort of storage device does not allow your computers to use all 256 byte values? Why is random access data stored on teletype?
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Re:RX – a new random-access JSON alternative
by creationix on Friday March 20, 2026 @11:22AM
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> what sort of storage device does not allow your computers to use all 256 byte values
- clipboards
- logs
- terminal output
- alerts
- yaml configs
- JSON configs
- hacker news comments
- markdown documentation
- etc...
I assure you, this is not a solution looking for a problem. I started out with binary encodings first, but then realized it limits so many workflows.