> In PowerShell, structured output is the default and it seems to work very well. This is probably too far for Unix/Linux, but a standard "--json" flag would go a long way to getting the same benefits.
OP has a blog post[0] which describes exactly this. `jc` is described as a tool to fill this role "in the meantime" -- my reading is that it's intended to serve as a stepping stone towards widespread `-j`/`--json` support across unix tools.
[0] https://blog.kellybrazil.com/2019/11/26/bringing-the-unix-ph...