CSV

CSV articles for developers: RFC 4180 quoting rules, dialect differences that break parsers, and an honest CSV vs JSON comparison, JSON Lines included.

Apr 17, 2026·9 min read

What is CSV? A Developer's Guide to Comma-Separated Values

What is CSV? A developer's guide to RFC 4180 quoting, fields with commas inside, dialect differences, and parsing CSV in Python and JavaScript safely.

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Apr 17, 2026·9 min read

CSV vs JSON — When to Use Each Format

CSV vs JSON comes down to tables versus trees. Where each format wins, where the usual arguments go wrong, and when JSON Lines is the sensible middle ground.

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