The stages of checking a value in a large JSON file:
Open it in VS Code → hangs
Try an online viewer → "upload your file"
Try another one → freezes at 28MB
Open terminal, write a jq command, get the syntax wrong twice
Question your career choices
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Thanks, that's a sharp observation, the crypto/web3 space is one we hadn't explicitly thought about but it makes a lot of sense. Constantly dealing with on-chain data, wallet configs, API responses you really don't want leaving your machine.
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Every "online JSON viewer" that uploads your file to a server is a data exfiltration tool with a nice UI.
That's not a hot take. That's just what's happening.
Quick tip if you debug APIs:
Instead of curl → save file → open in editor →
Paste the endpoint directly into https://t.co/akLKoDoxCP, add auth if needed, and browse the response as a tree.
Works with Bearer tokens and Basic auth. No Postman required.
Anyway. We deal with JSON all day because we build tools for inspecting large files. V Web handles up to 50MB right in your browser, no upload, no install. And if you're dealing with truly insane files, our desktop viewer goes up to 1TB. Yeah, terabyte.
JSON has been around for like 20 years and it still trips up experienced devs. Here are 5 things that have personally burned me or someone on our team.
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5/ A bare string is valid JSON. So is just the number 42. It doesn't have to be an object or array. Most people don't know this because most people never try it.
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Most online JSON viewers upload your file first. Ever wonder where that data actually goes? Or how your privacy is treated?
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