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Buf raises $93M to deprecate REST/JSON

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Re: Buf raises $93M to deprecate REST/JSON

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Post by catsarebetter »

kentonv wrote: post #18
catsarebetter wrote: post #5

Hmm why do they need to raise so much cash every 9 months? Also does anyone here use them and have any thoughts about their product?

> Hmm why do they need to raise so much cash every 9 months? Well, they say the best time to take investment is when you don't need it. If you wait until you need it then the terms will be worse. If investors are offering you money when you don't need it, it may be the best time to accept it. The sequence of raises here look like a fairly normal sequence for a growing startup, except that they happened much closer to…

You could even build a marketplace on top of the first layer for devs to build their own tooling...

Hmm interesting, I need to go read some books, gimme a few weeks to come up with an intelligent response, thanks for your insight

Re: Buf raises $93M to deprecate REST/JSON

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Post by travisd »

anm89 wrote: post #13
selfhoster11 wrote: post #6

Lol. Imagine trying to capture a market that is already mostly happy with what it's got, and for free.

I've got a feeling this has to be some kind of enterprise play. Random devs are not going to pay for a data format.

Their whole thing is tooling around protocol buffers, not the data format itself. The format is completely open source and comes from Google.

Re: Buf raises $93M to deprecate REST/JSON

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Post by Guest42 »

elzbardico wrote: post #16
catsarebetter wrote: post #5

Hmm why do they need to raise so much cash every 9 months? Also does anyone here use them and have any thoughts about their product?

JSON is a powerful enemy, it takes lots of money to wage war against such a cunning opponent

I’ve seen json do some powerful things.

Re: Buf raises $93M to deprecate REST/JSON

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Post by moralestapia »

opendomain wrote: post #14

I am on the exact opposite end of the spectrum. I have been promoting json ever since Douglas Crockford discovered it. Even my twitter handle is @json. If someone wants to use json.com to create a company to promote json - DM me.

100% my thoughts as well. I want to help, but how do I get in touch?

Shoot me an email, mine's on my HN profile.

Re: Buf raises $93M to deprecate REST/JSON

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Post by 4kelly »

I can highly vouch for Bufs protobuf linter and breaking change detector [1]. It’s open source.

IMO. Generating gRPC code in multiple languages is pretty tedious setup and maintain. Buf has the potential to replace / free up a lot of time for a small team of people maintaining this sort of thing in house.

- person who helps manage a protobuf monorepo.

[1] https://docs.buf.build/tour/detect-breaking-changes

Re: Buf raises $93M to deprecate REST/JSON

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Post by scrollaway »

moralestapia wrote: post #24
opendomain wrote: post #14

I am on the exact opposite end of the spectrum. I have been promoting json ever since Douglas Crockford discovered it. Even my twitter handle is @json. If someone wants to use json.com to create a company to promote json - DM me.

100% my thoughts as well. I want to help, but how do I get in touch? Shoot me an email, mine's on my HN profile.

> how do I get in touch?

If I'm deciphering the parent's comment correctly, probably with an HTTP POST to https://json.com/json {"json": "I love JSON!"}

--- btw @opendomain: the twitter handle on the site is outdated.

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