Is JSON Dead? What is TOON? The New Data Format Built for AI | Lazy Programmer
Published November 16, 2025
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TOON (Token-Oriented Object Notation) is the newest data format built specifically for the AI and LLM era. JSON was perfect for the web… but not for token-hungry models. In this video, I explain why JSON struggles with LLMs and how TOON fixes those problems with fewer tokens, faster processing, and a structure that mat…
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