json-logic-js

I hope you can help me on this one, since I was unable to find anything relatable on HN or elsewhere: I am currently building a variable cost calculation function for cost quotations. Craftsman and Installer should be able to create a variable cost quotation for their service which works for different sizes of buildings. Such as the installation of a heat pump or air conditioning. The calculation should look like this: (variables are given by the system) cost block A: variable_1 x 100 cost block B: if variable_2 = true +200 (add all to get the sum) The current setup works as follows: 1. Create calculation in Form (DnD) 2. Convert to json-logic `https://github.com/jwadhams/json-logic-js` 3. Save to Database in json field -- Display Product or Service -- 4. Get json-logic from DB and apply for each cost block with variables 5. Return in AP

This is a fun project and a cute reinvention of Lisp, as people have already mentioned. I think people are snarky because if this was just a fun project, that would be the end of it. But it seems like JsonLogic is trying to be an actual thing. And this latter point is why it's just a monumentally terrible idea. I mean.. just look at the Custom Operations wiki[1]. It's honestly just horrible -- horrible -- and may actually even summon Zalgo[2]. This is exactly how we ended up with the XML nightmare of the late 90s/early 2000s. JSON is not meant to be programmable. Please, for the love of all that is holy, stop. [1] https://github.com/jwadhams/json-logic-js/wiki/Custom-Operat... [2] https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/243613