[j_s]

Don't forget to protect against malicious user input! There are both pros/cons for 'non-human-readable' in the security department for sure.

Finding a $5,000 Google Maps XSS by fiddling with Protobuf | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13829925

[deno]

You can easily write an extension to in-browser Dev Tools to show human-friendly representation of any binary protocol for development/debugging purpose.

[j_s]

Nice. Are you aware of any Chrome extension for decoding Flash's 'application/x-amf' Action Message Format like Burp, Charles, and this Firefox extension do?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/amf-explorer/

[deno]

Nope, sorry! But Firefox addons will be soon switching to extension format compatible with Chrome, so you might get it for “free.”