Articles by Richard Shurtz

JSON Compression: Alternative Binary Formats and Compression Methods

December 6, 2019 Richard Shurtz 7 Comments

TL;DR: If you are considering using an alternative binary format in order to reduce the size of your persisted JSON, consider this: the final compressed size of the data has very little to do with the serialization method, and almost everything to do with the compression method. In our testing,…

The Definitive Guide to Copying and Pasting in JavaScript

December 2, 2014 Richard Shurtz 24 Comments

At Lucid Software, we strive to build desktop quality software that runs in the browser. Until recently, however, we had settled for using our own internal clipboard implementation rather than the system clipboard — limiting copying and pasting with external applications to just plain text. With customers clamoring for the…