On: 10 years of whatever this has been

[rsync]

"Nowadays if someone picks XML for a new design, we look at them like they’re from another planet."

Wait, what ?

I design and use scripts and tools in my personal data processing and in twilio, etc., that use XML ...

XML isn't the christ child but ... it does seem useful and valuable.

[Flankk → rsync]

People hate XML. Mostly because its association with SOAP. It's also not a great data format. Why would you want a data format that is hard for both computers and humans to read?

[recursive → rsync]

Take out the namespaces, external entities, CDATA, and other cruft, and XML isnt tooo bad.

[XorNot → recursive]

Yeah but then you've ended up with weird JSON.

[recursive → XorNot]

Weird JSON with schemas. To me, that sounds like a pretty good trade. I know there's a bunch of json-schema things, but none of them have the weight of a primary-source officially blessed schema system.

[kome → XorNot]

People that dislike XML and like JSON are... weird. JSON is a verbose mess.

[BarryMilo → rsync]

XML is only bad if JSON exists

[jeffbee → rsync]

I’d take xml+xslt over helm every single time.