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goostavosyesterday at 11:22 PM1 replyview on HN

FWIW, even with the "simple explanation," I'll echo OP's statement that the README doesn't really explain what it is or what it's solving. "Generates new versions of the structures" might mean something really clear to you, but even the phrase "data modeling" is enough to trigger lots of conflicting baggage in my head. Also: it took awhile it realize it's for Scala. I initially assumed this was a Smithy-like competitor.

It looks neat (once I found your docs)! Show what it is and what it solves in your README! The structural inheritance is slick.


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pshirshovyesterday at 11:25 PM

It's not for Scala. Currently there are Scala and C# backends, TypeScript and Python are on the way.

We did everything to make it easy to add new backends. As much as that can be considering the feature set.

> Smithy

Little bit different. Smithy is more an RPC tool. Baboon is not (or not yet), it allows you to model your data structures and derive conversions (migrations) between versions.