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Before doing any performance testing, I think you have already noticed that the payload is significantly smaller by missing those double quotes. However, what I think is more important, especially ...
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#1: Initial revision
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Alexei
·
2020-08-21T05:43:08Z (over 4 years ago)
Before doing any performance testing, I think you have already noticed that the payload is significantly smaller by missing those double quotes. However, what I think is more important, especially when dealing with rather large applications and/or systems you do not own is **using the appropriate data types** and minimizing the chance that something wrong goes into that property. Moreover, JSON is human readable and it is helpful for anyone reading the payload to understand what type that property has (a [JSON schema ](https://json-schema.org/)can be used though). My opinion is that if performance is not critical (i.e. you do not have to squeeze about 5%), having more readable and robust data structures is more important as any error here might lead to wasting a time worth more than what was gained through increased performace.