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Meme transcription: Panel 1. Two images of JSON, one is the empty object, one is an object in which the key name maps to the value null. Caption: “Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture”

Panel 2. The Java backend dev answers, “They’re the same picture.”

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[–] eyeon@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

it does feel ambiguous though as even what you outlined misses a 4th case. if null means delete, how do I update it to set the field to null?