On: Discord Reduced WebSocket Traffic by 40%

[treyd]

I don't understand why so many protocols that expect to handle large amounts of data don't default to a binary schema. JSON is fine on the edges, but the wire format between nodes is not the edge.

[nojvek → treyd]

I assume it’s mostly because it’s way easier to debug json over websockets and http with browser devtools instead of custom protocols.

Custom protocol would be binary.

They could make a custom extension but it wouldn’t be that easy.

I worked on browser devtools for IE and edge.

Even chrome/vscode use jsonrpc over websockets for ease of development.