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From Marco Matteucci
Subject Re: [RFC] SLIM Data Type - Compact JSON Alternative (17-62% smaller)
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Msg-id CALOXXf7wMKV=6bNL3F1njcw-=RbbDnDk_DOEH2fpgJXWYJp0AA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [RFC] SLIM Data Type - Compact JSON Alternative (17-62% smaller)  (Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>)
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Hi Andreas,

thank you for taking the time to read and consider my proposal.

That makes sense — I understand the concern around inclusion in core without broad ecosystem adoption. I appreciate the clear guidance, and I’m happy to treat this as an extension-level effort for now.

Thanks again for the feedback.

Best regards,
Marco


Il giorno mer 14 gen 2026 alle ore 02:53 Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se> ha scritto:
On 1/10/26 5:28 PM, Marco Matteucci wrote:
> I'd like to propose a new data type for PostgreSQL: SLIM (Structured
> Lightweight Interchange Markup), a compact alternative to JSONB that
> achieves 17-62% storage reduction while remaining human-readable.

Unless this gets much wider adoption in the general dev ecosystem I do
not think it belongs in core. This is better as a third dparty extension.

Andreas



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