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mmagueta
Personal blog · marcosmagueta.com/blogprogramming
mmagueta is a personal blog at marcosmagueta.com about programming. Since 2026, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “The Lost Art of XML”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-25, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for posts on XML and web development tooling, such as the argument that much modern web tooling exists because XML lost the browser war. The linked XML post is the main draw.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A nullologist and pointer ontologist that does functional programming for a living.
Most-linked posts?
- The Lost Art of XML3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-01-20
- Casus Belli Engineering2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-04-16
- A Roman Name for Software2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-26
What Hacker News says?
While a great article, I actually found this linked post [0] to be even better, in which the author lays out how so much modern tooling for web dev exists simply because XML lost the browser war. EDIT: obviously, JSON tooling sprang up because JSON became the lingua franca. I meant that it became necessary to address the shortcomings of JSON, which XML had solved. 0: https://marcosmagueta.com/blog/the-lost-art-of-xm…
Comment linking /blog/the-lost-art-of-xml/
on “XML Is a Cheap DSL”Submitted A Roman Name for Software as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Lost Art of XML as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Casus Belli Engineering as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Roman Name for Software as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Casus Belli Engineering as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Lost Art of XML as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
