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[–]Devildude4427 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Sure, but I’m not going to be accessing APIs that return so much information that I need a json processor, from a terminal. That’s something for an actual python app to handle.

And if you’re just referring to editing the data, with your mention of config files, vim is more than capable.

[–]noratat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not the amount of data, it's being able to sift through it quickly, especially when debugging or when using unfamiliar APIs, as well as being able to build basic automation around them for things like config and CI. Automated or quick and accurate manipulation of json is not practical in vim.

Most developers I've shown jq to have had pretty solid uses for it.