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IAP: Fast, Versatile Alternative to HTTP(infoq.com)
2 points by VStack 11y ago|0 comments
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by VStack 11y ago
Please try the following http://tutorials.jenkov.com/iap/iap-message-structure.html
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by VStack 11y ago
We have never claimed that Protobuf could not be used for network applications. We have claimed that Protobuf is a bad choice for messages have have to be routable by intermediaries that do not know the schema of a Protobuf message. Where d
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by VStack 11y ago
Yes, we have looked at Transit recently. Transit encodes using JSON or MessagePack. We believe ION to be a more versatile data format than MessagePack, so Transit could benefit from serializing to ION instead of MessagePack.
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by VStack 11y ago
Yes also, the TLV nature of ION means that you have to buffer the ION data while writing it, in case you don't know the full size of the embedded ahead of time. However, this is really only a problem for very big messages. HTTP has wor
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by VStack 11y ago
First of all, lots of results sent back from backend services (or databases) are arrays of objects. So no, tables are not a "niche" format - tables are heavily used. Second, an array of arrays could mean anything. You have not sem
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by VStack 11y ago
Yes please check: Specification: http://tutorials.jenkov.com/iap/index.html Benchmarks: http://tutorials.jenkov.com/iap/ion-performance-benchmarks.h... Tutorials: http://tutorials.jenko
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by VStack 11y ago
We have already look at CBOR and MessagePack. They miss the ION tables for compact arrays of data. Here is a link to our comparison to other data formats. http://tutorials.jenkov.com/iap/ion-vs-other-formats.html
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by VStack 11y ago
That might work for a web app, but not for mobile apps, or backend to backend communication.
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Show HN: ION, a JSON alternative – Versatile, compact, fast, binary data format(github.com)
29 points by VStack 11y ago|61 comments
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Nextdoor for pet owners?(kinani.co)
1 points by VStack 11y ago|0 comments
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Beta Invite(Developers Only)- In – Memory BaaS(vstack.co)
1 points by VStack 11y ago|0 comments
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Beta Invite(Developers)
2 points by VStack 11y ago|0 comments