There exists a peculiar amnesia in software engineering regarding XML. Mention it in most circles and you will receive knowing smiles, dismissive waves, the sort of patronizing acknowledgment reserved for technologies deemed passé. “Oh, XML,” they say, as if the very syllables carry the weight of obsolescence. “We use JSON now. Much cleaner.”

  • Jared White ✌️ [HWC]@humansare.socialEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    XML is very good for documents and other structured content formats. The problem is people took XML and used that for things that aren’t really documents. That led to a lot of people hating XML for the things it wasn’t good at and thus hating XML even for the things it is good at.

    I wish we could find a reasonable middle ground. I’d love to have a job where I work a lot more with XML to be honest!