Trying to understand JSON…

bleistift2@sopuli.xyz to Programmer Humor@programming.dev – 268 points –

Meme transcription: Panel 1. Two images of JSON, one is the empty object, one is an object in which the key name maps to the value null. Caption: “Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture”

Panel 2. The Java backend dev answers, “They’re the same picture.”

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I've never once seen a JSON serializer misjudge null and absent fields, I've just seen developers do that.

Well, Jackson before 2.9 did not differentiate, and although this was more than five years ago now, this is somewhat of a counter example

Also, you sound like serializers are not made by developers

Bruh, there's a difference between the one or two serializing packages used in each language, and the thousands and thousands and thousands of developers who miscode contracts after that point.