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.”

  • lad@programming.devEnglish
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    4 months ago

    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

    • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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      4 months ago

      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.