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147 points wofo | 2 comments | 27 Oct 25 16:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.41s | source

I'm working on a tool that will probably involve querying JSON documents and I'm asking myself how to expose that functionality to my users.

I like the power of `jq` and the fact that LLMs are proficient at it, but I find it right out impossible to come up with the right `jq` incantations myself. Has anyone here been in a similar situation? Which tool / language did you end up exposing to your users?

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lenkite ◴[27 Oct 25 18:02 UTC] No.45724301[source]▶
There are a ridiculous number of JSON query/path languages. Wish all the authors got together and harmonized on a standard.
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1. voidfunc ◴[27 Oct 25 18:47 UTC] No.45724791[source]▶
The standard is called jq, any new standard is just going to be a committee circle jerk that doesn't move the ball forward in any meaningful way.
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2. lenkite ◴[27 Oct 25 19:31 UTC] No.45725294[source]▶
jq is good but its syntax is strangely unmemorizable. Have used it for a decade and always need to look at the manual or at examples to refresh my knowledge.