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Someone on Reddit invented a new data format just to prove another format was terrible. That's where we are in 2025. Developers are creating entire serialization formats out of spite. It started in October when a developer posted about TOON (Token-O...

For years, JSON has been the backbone of APIs, frontends, databases, and everything in between. It’s simple, readable, and universal.But as our applications shift toward AI, automation, and token-sensitive systems, traditional JSON starts to show its...

At JSONViewer.tools, our goal is simple — help developers understand complex data effortlessly. Today, we’re excited to highlight how easily you can visualize Toon JSON files as clean, interactive diagrams. Toon data is powerful but often difficult t...

In the ever-evolving landscape of data serialization formats, a new approach has emerged that's specifically designed for the age of AI and large language models: Token-Oriented Object Notation, or TOON. While JSON, XML, and YAML have dominated data ...

Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude have changed how we build apps, automate workflows, and represent data. While developers have relied on JSON for decades to structure and transfer data, a new format called TOON is emergin...

Last month, I was reviewing our API costs and noticed something alarming: we were spending way more on LLM tokens than expected. Every API call to GPT-4 or Claude was eating into our budget, and I couldn't figure out why until I started looking at wh...
