Hello, welcome back to the Ruby Advent Calendar 2017. Let’s continue the series on Day 5 with json-next - Read next generation JSON versions (HanSON, SON, JSONX/JSON11, etc.) with comments, unquoted keys, multi-line strings, trailing commas, optional commas, and more. The json-next library / gem lets you convert and read (parse) next generation json versions including: HanSON e.g. HANSON.parse, SON e.g. SON.parse, JSONX e.g. JSONX.parse. Bonus: More JSON Formats. See the Awesome JSON (What’s Next?) collection / page. Cheers. PS: You’re more than welcome to send in your articles (about your library / gem of choice) too!