Death comes for XSLT
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Trending history
Death comes for XSLT was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Nov 3, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 93 checks on 3 different days. Its best position was #1 of 25, reached on Nov 3, 17:21 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 5, 13:21 UTC. The same link also trended on Hacker News, which raises its cross-platform score.
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Position on Lobsters · Hottest at every check (lower is better).
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Where it trended
| List | Best | Days | Checks | Last seen |
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| Lobsters · Hottest | #1 | 3 | 93 | |
| YHacker News · Front page Death Comes for XSLT | same link | |||
From the discussion
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> That was not a unilateral decision mind you, Google said “jump” and other browser vendors said “how high?” I’m baffled by this portrayal. As linked, it genuinely *isn’t* just Google: Mozilla and Apple are well-documented as having wanted to kill XSLT for some years, they just lacked the enthusiasm to push it. The…
it kinda is, because it injects unintended code into what was supposed to be delivered from website author to the end-user.
I have mixed feelings because I *really* like the XML document model. It's a tree of nodes where each node has key-value pairs as attributes and zero or more children. Each child is another node or character data. This is a *really* nice generic structure that a huge number of things map to. But the text…
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Is Death comes for XSLT trending on Lobsters right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 5, 13:21 UTC, after 3 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Death comes for XSLT reached?
#1 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Nov 3, 17:21 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
How long has Death comes for XSLT been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 3, 2026 and has been on the list on 3 days (93 checks) since.