A thin, robust and well-designed data serialization format that saves bandwidth, validates your data and reduces the development efforts; moreover, it's easy!
JSON was built for data exchange.
IO is designed for the AI-native internet.
• ~50% smaller in bytes
• ~30% fewer LLM tokens
• Faster processing
The future of APIs is contract-first, compact, and AI-friendly.
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#BuildInPublic#WebStandards#APIs
Every extra byte becomes an extra token in AI workflows. This is why Internet Object matters in the GenAI era. Same data. Half the size.
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#InternetObject#AI#JSON#DataEfficiency
In the AI era, every token costs money.
Internet Object reduces payload size by design:
– Shared schemas
– Clean envelope/payload split
– Parse-time validation
Same data. Less overhead.
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#GenAI#InternetObject#APIs
Every backend dev has done this:
📦 file → base64 → JSON string → client decodes → bug → tears
Internet Object: built-in base64 support + native byte arrays.
Binary should not feel like a workaround.
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#DeveloperLife#IO
Binary data shouldn’t be treated like text.
JSON stores base64 as “just a string.”
Internet Object supports base64 as a real binary type with native byte-array conversion.
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#InternetObject#JSON#APIs#Developers
GenAI exposed JSON’s biggest weakness: verbosity.
And verbosity = tokens = cost.
Internet Object’s schema-first design cuts tokens by default — even though it wasn’t built for AI.
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#InternetObject#GenAI#JSON#python#API#LLMs
Every developer has been burned by dates.
JSON: “Just a string, good luck.”
IO: native date objects with schema validation.
Less parsing. Fewer bugs. Cleaner systems.
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#IO#DataFormats#SystemDesign#GenAI#Engineering#Backend
Thank you very much for the overwhelming response. We are now preparing to release the Internet Object specification sooner than planned!
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