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JSON With Comments: The Technically Correct Loophole

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JSON With Comments: The Technically Correct Loophole

The ultimate developer loophole! Standard JSON doesn't support comments, driving devs to ridiculous workarounds. But technically, if you add comments to your JSON and call it YAML... you're not wrong! YAML is indeed a superset of JSON that allows comments. It's like ordering a Diet Coke with your triple cheeseburger—technically healthier, but who are we kidding? The Kermit sipping tea meme perfectly captures that smug "I found a hack" energy every developer feels when circumventing language limitations with a technically-correct-but-absurd solution.

You Never Know When This Could Save Your Life

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5 days ago 71.1K views 0 shares

You Never Know When This Could Save Your Life

The true wisdom of the ages isn't passed down in ancient texts—it's shared through keyboard shortcuts. Nothing says "I care about your future" like teaching someone to access their clipboard history with Win+V. That moment when you realize your entire programming career could've been saved from countless "where did I copy that snippet from?" panic attacks. The real parental guidance we needed wasn't about life choices or financial planning, but about how to recover that perfect code snippet you copied 5 items ago. The clipboard history feature might just be the most underutilized lifesaver in Windows—right up there with actually reading error messages.