This is actually not about XML, despite the title, it's about us geeks being fashion victims, and I really enjoyed reading it. https://www.bitecode.dev/p/hype-cycles
XML is the future

Okay, campers, rise and shine...

Bite code!

@timbray
That's pretty much the past 20 years in one depressing nutshell.

Excellent writeup. Wish the author had an RSS feed...