If your JSON *looks* fine but fails, it might be encoding issues. Try opening the file with `encoding='utf-8'` or use `chardet` to detect the encoding first.
For cleaner code, I like `orjson`—it’s faster than the built-in lib and less picky about formatting.
For cleaner code, I like `orjson`—it’s faster than the built-in lib and less picky about formatting.