XML/XPath are very useful but I've definitely lived through their abuses. Still abusus non tollit usam and I've had many positive experiences with XPath especia

XML/XPath are very useful but I've definitely lived through their abuses. Still abusus non tollit usam and I've had many positive experiences with XPath especially. XmlStarlet has been especially useful, also xmllint. I welcome more tooling like this. The major downside to XML is the verbosity and cognitive load. Tooling that manages that is a godsend.