This reads like complete nonsense. If HTTP is involved, lets just give up and make the system as slow as possible?
The HTTP request needs to actually be actioned by the server before it can respond. Reducing the time it takes for the server to do the thing (accessing files) will meaningfully improve overall performance.
Switching out to JSON will meaningfully degrade performance. For no benefit.
> If HTTP is involved, lets just give up and make the system as slow as possible?
Did i write that? Please leave flamebait out of these discussions.
The original author (today) answered why they wanted to use this approach and the benefits from it. This has been missing in this entire discussion. So i really do not understand where you get this confidence.
> Switching out to JSON will meaningfully degrade performance. For no benefit.
Without knowing why or how the system was used, and now we know it is used as a transport medium between the db/nodes, its more clear as to why json is a issue for them. Does not explain how you conclude it will "meaningfully degrade performance" when this information was not available to any of us.
The HTTP request needs to actually be actioned by the server before it can respond. Reducing the time it takes for the server to do the thing (accessing files) will meaningfully improve overall performance.
Switching out to JSON will meaningfully degrade performance. For no benefit.