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by Firadeoclus 1255 days ago
A text editor is a tool. Text files are only "human readable"/"human editable" in the sense that such tools are ubiquitous whereas structured data editors are not.

Which is a real shame. Entering, manipulating and validating small amounts of structured data is such a fundamental task when using computers that it deserves dedicated tools, and the sheer amount of issues that only exist because such tools are not ubiquitous is absolutely mindboggling.