I found, as a programmer, going a little less specific is more versatile. ojo[1], which I've compared to jq before[2], works well for this.

1: https://metacpan.org/pod/ojo

2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6419479

I remember using recs at Amazon. Is that where it originated ?

I don't know, but supposedly Amazon is somewhat hostile to publishing open source, so I doubt it.

+1 for RecordStream