THE VIDEO SHELF · history of JSON
Douglas Crockford: The JSON Saga
Douglas Crockford tells how JSON was discovered rather than invented, and how its simplicity made it a dominant data interchange format. He also covers surrounding history such as earlier Netscape usage and the 'Good, not Evil' license story.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters cite it as Crockford's first-hand account of JSON's origins and of the no-evil license anecdote.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- YUI Library
- Topic
- history of JSON
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 14
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2012–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Because using certain keys could break your JavaScript (and JSON was designed to be a subset), like { delete: "me" } If you don't want to keep a list of known keywords around, just insisting on quotes is the easier way. [EDIT: See also this …
xrstf on Hacker News · 2016-08
In Fixing JSONYou may also get a chuckle out of an anecdote about the license that Douglas Crockford gave during one of this talks: [VIDEO]
Figs on Hacker News · 2019-09
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