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It's easy to roll your eyes when you hear "disruption" because it's often used as a meaningless buzzword, but it describes a very real dynamic where "lightweigh
by hyperpape 7y ago
It's easy to roll your eyes when you hear "disruption" because it's often used as a meaningless buzzword, but it describes a very real dynamic where "lightweight" products can disrupt outcompete heavyweight products in a large chunk of the market (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation). There are good business reasons that the products became heavyweight, but it leaves an opening where a smaller product can steal a chunk of the competitors.
JSON disrupted XML. There really are ways it's strictly less capable.
- jandrese 7y agoAnd now you see people trying to make JSON schemas and validation and all of the associated headaches that made XML such a pain.