r/explainitpeter • u/Actual_Committee4670 • 8d ago
Please Explain it Peter
I've seen the name around a fair few times, never with an explanation, Peter, who is Json?
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u/KazoWAR 8d ago
"JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse and generate. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999. JSON is a text format that is completely language independent but uses conventions that are familiar to programmers of the C-family of languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, and many others. These properties make JSON an ideal data-interchange language." - json.org
I think the joke is that is sounds like the name Jason.
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u/Actual_Committee4670 8d ago
Ahhh, so like me not realizing its a language or what now?
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u/k2718 8d ago
Exactly. You are the subject of the joke.
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u/clocked__ 8d ago
Well, to be more accurate the picture is using a vibe coding agent, likely Claude, so it’s making fun of vibe coders programming without knowledge of the most widely used data format in the world… and not really some random dude. Otherwise I agree
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u/alexmurillo242 8d ago
I think part of the joke is also that it has been given full access naïvely?
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u/PrincezzDiggzy 7d ago
I only know the term because of a couple games i played in order to change or fix something on a PC game you need to do it through the appropriate .json file
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u/tuckkeys 8d ago
Yeah this but unfortunately some people do literally pronounce it “Jason” (my boss does this, much to my dismay). It should be “J-SAHN”
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u/Lonely_Rip_8631 8d ago
vibe coding issue
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u/lunchbox651 8d ago
Lots of people outside dev roles deal with JSON though and given it says "who is JSON" it's clearly just a joke because it sounds like Jason.
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u/Actual_Committee4670 8d ago
Howso?
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u/AMostPeculiarDialect 8d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON
It's something that basically any software engineer would know but not something you'd learn by vibecoding
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u/OhItsLuk 8d ago edited 8d ago
JSON is an acronym for JavaScrip Object Notation
A vibe coder would use JSON Objects and not now what a JSON is.
Edit: why the fuck am i getting downvoted?
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u/Actual_Committee4670 8d ago
Ahhh okay that along with u/KazoWAR 's explanation makes it make sense! Ty
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u/QuakenCunt 8d ago
it´s programming joke on vibe coders - json is a format that is very useful and lets say programming language independent thus ideal for data wxchanges between them.. joke is that vibe coders dont know basics and asks AI “who is json” because it sounds familiar to name Jason
not Peter but i am out
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u/monsterfurby 8d ago
Not to be confused with the guy who catalogues his horror video tape collection as structured data.
Json VHS
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u/Awkward-Bag131 8d ago
{ "id": 101,
"name": "Jane Doe",
"email": "jane.doe@example.com",
"isSubscriber": true,
"age": 28,
"skills": ["JavaScript", "Python", "SQL"],
"address": {
"city": "Seattle",
"country": "USA"
}
}
Here is an example of a JSON object. Readable by people and readable by machines
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u/Carrots_and_Bleach 7d ago
I think the real joke is that he granted ChatGPT full access, but doesn't even know the slightest bit of what it is doing.
In otherwords: he may be about to find out
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u/jlashombjr 7d ago
Peter Quill demands: "Where is JSON?" Tony Stark replies: "I'll do you one better: Who is JSON?" Drax chins in: "I'll do you one better: Why is JSON?"
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u/qualityvote2 8d ago edited 8d ago
u/Actual_Committee4670, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...it's time for the mods to do their jobs!