I now genuinely dislike XML. We ditched all that XML tooling around RPC over the wire and can't be happier. JSON is far better for what we do. Its faster, easie

I now genuinely dislike XML. We ditched all that XML tooling around RPC over the wire and can't be happier. JSON is far better for what we do. Its faster, easier to parse, easier to store, easier to create/modify/delete. For us we even found JSON over HTTP uses less electricity. We still use XML but its gone from RPC / everywhere to now only being a storage mechanism. I remember the network transfers dropping significantly and being very happy. Haven't looked back.