PicoJSON VS Telegram-web-z

I've used picojson. What makes it pretty awesome is it's completely contained into a single H file.

Especially if the library is even slower than smaller alternatives like [1].

But that's just my personal opinion, I understand that other people have different priorities and are fine with including 785kb of C++ template headers s long as public interface suits their needs and taste.

This is just an example for the kind of freedom software allows for, because it doesn't cost you anything and there is no objectively "better" in this case.

[1] https://github.com/kazuho/picojson

I like pico json because it is a self-contained in a header file.

There are also different urls for these apps as well: https://webk.telegram.org/ and https://webz.telegram.org/

I agree it is partly idiotic complaining though there is some truth to it.

Firstly IQ has declined. There is a widespread lie that everyone can be developer if they only try hard enough. Hence you get more noisy signals deciding over technological progress.

Secondly, people use complexity to show off. This comes and goes as very high complexity makes the simple stuff look smart again (see for example the Java framework diversification back when Java was atrocious, but later pure Java became fashionable again once the language had improved ).

Thirdly, one can build performant and impressive stuff from the layers and layers of complexity such as modern JS frameworks. See for example the latest Telegram web client.[1] So ultimately it is more about the IQ and skill of the programmer and less about the particular Turing-complete language/framework used, because whichever route you take, ultimately you have to face complexity and all the different events, states and exceptions.

[1] https://github.com/TelegramOrg/Telegram-web-z