TOON (Token-Oriented Object Notation) is a compact, human-readable serialization format designed specifically for representing JSON-like data in Large Language Model (LLM) prompts. It preserves the ...

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Even before large pieces of the federal government shut down in October 2025, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP – sometimes called the food stamp program – was in for some big ...