The Parallel Evolution of JSON: Archiving the 2008 RESTful Standardization Debate
A deep-dive technical retrospective into the shift from XML to JSON and the foundational architecture of the modern web. Introduction: The Great API Shift of 2008 In the digital landscape of August 2008, the world of web services was standing at a crossroads. The heavy, verb-centric protocols of SOAP and the verbose structures of XML…