Can BeautifulSoup process JSONL, or do I need another tool for that? Alternatively, for a slightly different

Nah, BeautifulSoup can't process JSONL—it's strictly for HTML/XML parsing. You’re right to suspect it’s not the right tool.

For JSONL, just use Python’s built-in `json` module. It’s super straightforward:

```python
import json
with open('file.jsonl') as f:
for line in f:
data = json.loads(line)
# do stuff
```

If you want something fancier, check out `ijson` for streaming large files. But honestly, `json` does the job 99% of the time.