GenX: “Here’s XML, it can be used as a data exchange format and here’s a tool ecosystem to ensure structure and correctness”

Millennials: “That is way too much text, it’s like way longer than an SMS message. And everything’s on the internet. Here’s JSON, which is much shorter and more Web 2.0.”

GenZ: “Bra, all those squiggly lines are sus, try this YAML. It’s dank, no cap.”