Field notes
A material you can read
The node graph and its source are two views of the same file.
I wanted to edit a material visually and still inspect the file that produces it. In Nielo Materials, every material is a readable .nielo.json document.
The graph and source editor show that same document. Reconnecting a node updates the text; editing the text updates the graph and preview.
That lets me keep materials in Git, review their changes, or share them in a URL. The visual editor remains there for working with the image.