LLMs Are About to Kill JSON Config Files. Good Riddance.
JSON config files are a pain—no comments, rigid syntax, and they’re everywhere. But the real problem isn’t the format; it’s that we’re using a machine-to-machine data format for human-editable files. The solution isn’t a better format like TOML. It’s the rise of LLMs that can interpret plain English, making config files obsolete. The death of JSON configs is coming, and it can’t come soon enough.