Isn't solving this as easy as just not having VCC + GND on the pins next to each other?
If you shove data in the middle, you're never going to short VCC + GND together. your data line shouldn't care about being high (5v) or low (gnd).
If you shove data in the middle, you're never going to short VCC + GND together. your data line shouldn't care about being high (5v) or low (gnd).