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Brim Data
Company blog · brimdata.io/blogprogrammingdata
Brim Data is the company blog at brimdata.io, writing about programming and data. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Zq: An easier and faster alternative to jq”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's introduction of zq, a command-line tool from the Zed language team, as an alternative to jq and yq. The comments name the tool and do not discuss the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The company behind the Zed Project on a mission to make working with data ten times easier.
Most-linked posts?
- Zq: An easier and faster alternative to jq3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-04-26
What Hacker News says?
Hi, all. Author here. Thanks for all the great feedback. I've learned a lot from your comments and pointers. The Zed project is broader than "a jq alternative" and my bad for trying out this initial positioning. I do know there are a lot of people out there who find jq really confusing, but it's clear if you become an expert, my arguments don't hold water. We've had great feedback from many of our users who are real…
Comment linking /join-slack/
on “Zq: An easier and faster alternative to jq”Submitted Zq: An easier and faster alternative to jq as a story · 462 points
HN discussionapologies for the clickbait title. i'm dumb like that sometimes. fx is dope but i think zq from the folks behind the zed language might even be nicer: https://www.brimdata.io/blog/introducing-zq/
Comment linking /blog/introducing-zq/
on “Move over jq I found something easier: fx”Submitted Super-Structured Data: Rethinking the Schema as a story · 108 points
HN discussionAnother worthy alternative: https://www.brimdata.io/blog/introducing-zq/
Comment linking /blog/introducing-zq/
on “yq: command-line YAML, JSON, XML, CSV and properties processor”Submitted Joining CSV Data Without SQL: An IP Geolocation Use Case as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Explore large JSON values with zui and zed as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Easy Deserialization of Go Interface Values as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Wrangling JSON Arrays: Zed vs. SQL as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Easier Data Debugging with Zed’s First-Class Errors as a story · 2 points
HN discussion