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A data runtime is a system that executes data directly, the same way a JavaScript runtime executes JavaScript. Instead of treating data as an inert value that some separate program has to load and interpret, a data runtime runs documents that carry their own logic — fields, types, and functions together, in one place, sandboxed and portable across whatever host embeds it. Stof is a data runtime: a superset of JSON where the data validates itself, transforms itself, and acts.

It always starts innocently. You're creating a new config or endpoint with some dynamic behavior, thinking "keep it stupidly simple." What's simpler than JSON or TOML? Some key-value pairs, maybe some nesting — we'll actually keep it clean this time.

Any experienced programmer knows what comes next.