Death Comes for XSLT

On Hacker News

Points: 18
Comments: 2
Submitted by: colejohnson66
Posted: Nov 4, 2026
Site: dbushell.com

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Trending history

Death Comes for XSLT was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 4, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 14 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #24 of 30, reached on Nov 5, 01:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 5, 02:52 UTC. The same link also trended on Lobsters, which raises its cross-platform score.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

25

24

Oct 26today

Metric history

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Where it trended

List	Best	Days	Checks	Last seen
Hacker News · Front page	#24	2	14	Nov 5, 02:52 UTC
Lobsters · Hottest Death comes for XSLT	same link

From the discussion

A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.

I find this whole removal idea a bit lazy. In theory some logic possibly declares some aspects of the BOM/DOM must be JS for introspection reasons, etc, but the reverse can't really be true.. There's nothing that can declare things like XSLT must be more native than a little trick with a otherwise standard JS VM, so…
— telebub · view comment

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Questions

Is Death Comes for XSLT trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 5, 02:52 UTC, after 2 days of trending.

What is the highest rank Death Comes for XSLT reached?

#24 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 5, 01:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has Death Comes for XSLT been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 4, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (14 checks) since.