kubernetes-sigs / kubernetes-sigs/knftables

Evaluate new json v2 for performance

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Go
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Description

We do a lot of json parsing that is well known to be very resource hungry in golang, to the point the language released a new experimental v2 version in https://pkg.go.dev/encoding/json/v2#Unmarshal

Once it reaches stability we should evaluate it

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Research direction

Start with the linked encoding/json/v2 Unmarshal documentation and inspect how knftables currently handles JSON parsing. Once the experimental implementation is stable, compare its performance with the current approach and document whether the results justify changing it.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
performance
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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