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.”

  • masterspaceEnglish
    42·
    6 months ago

    I’ve never once seen a JSON serializer misjudge null and absent fields, I’ve just seen developers do that.

    • lad@programming.devEnglish
      11·
      6 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

      • masterspaceEnglish
        22·
        6 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.