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		gsliepen 27 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Protobuffers Are Wrong (2018) Something like MessagePack or CBOR, and if you want versioning, just have a version field at the start. You don't require a schema to pack/unpack, which I personally think is a good thing.

fmbb 27 days ago | [–]

> You don't require a schema to pack/unpack

Then it hardly solves the same problem Protobuf solves.

mgaunard 27 days ago | [–]

Arrow is also becoming a good contender, with the extra benefit it is better optimized for data batches.

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