Dialogue: “Can We Just Ask for JSON?”
Practice explaining the difference between parseable JSON and a reliable application contract to a non-specialist stakeholder.
Rhea RH Product manager The pressure Rhea is trying to cut scope before launch and thinks schema work is extra engineering polish. If the explanation is fuzzy, the contract work will look optional. Outcome → Layer → Failure Explain the business outcome, separate the control layers, and connect the stronger control to a concrete failure. Weak move Saying “best practice” without naming the failure the control prevents. The contract work sounds operationally necessary instead of abstract. Teach the control stack in business terms, not implementation vanity. Conversation beat Rhea says: “If the model already returns JSON, isn’t that the structure…
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