Tyler, I regularly enjoy your articles, and this one is the best so far! As a Linux admin of 20+ years, I am data fluent, but didn't have the words to discuss or explain it well. That alone would make this an excellent read, but.you've also helped me to better understand the power and usefulness of JSON. While I understood that JSON was useful, I didn't fully grasp the true power.
The meta-method of jsondiff spitting out JSON that can be re-consumed by the other JSON tools is mind-blowing. I'm fluent in bash and often use multiple grep's, sort's and other commands in the same command-line, but I hadn't considered doing that with JSON. You've helped me realize that I really need to get more familiar with jq and other JSON tools.
I now realize that jq is like SQL on steroids, because you can easily pipe data into and out of it.
Tyler, I regularly enjoy your articles, and this one is the best so far! As a Linux admin of 20+ years, I am data fluent, but didn't have the words to discuss or explain it well. That alone would make this an excellent read, but.you've also helped me to better understand the power and usefulness of JSON. While I understood that JSON was useful, I didn't fully grasp the true power.
The meta-method of jsondiff spitting out JSON that can be re-consumed by the other JSON tools is mind-blowing. I'm fluent in bash and often use multiple grep's, sort's and other commands in the same command-line, but I hadn't considered doing that with JSON. You've helped me realize that I really need to get more familiar with jq and other JSON tools.
I now realize that jq is like SQL on steroids, because you can easily pipe data into and out of it.
Thanks,
Jason Edgecombe