If JSON is comparable to minefield, then I guess XML and ASN.1 are nothing short of nuclear Armageddon in complexity and ones ability to shoot themselves into the leg ;-)
I wrote a parser for a format that everyone here would crucify me for. When I went on the job market, I removed it from my github, fearing employers would see it as a black mark. Soon after I got email from the creator of a YUUUGE project (as in, 5 digits of stars on github) asking why I had removed this parser that they were using ...
Then you're a hero to those who made use of it.
If someone were to do that today, though, then yes, seek help.
;)
https://github.com/pivotal/cf-env/blob/master/src/main/java/...