AI companies are reinventing REST with MCP while abandoning XSLT, which is seen as a more efficient and RESTful approach for LLMs.
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AI companies are reinventing REST with MCP while abandoning XSLT, which is seen as a more efficient and RESTful approach for LLMs.
Parent: AIEntity: AI companiesImpact: negativeDate: Nov 4, 2026Target: AI companies' decision to abandon XSLT in favor of MCP
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I still can't wrap my head around AI companies trying to reinvent REST with MCP at the same time they kill off XSLT
A single server shipping XSLT provides proper RESTful content for LLMsLLMs with schemas and self a documenting APIs. The same endpoint tells browsers where to find templates to render a webpage out of iit
🔗 https://tonysull.co/death-of-xslt
0 boosts · 0 favs · 1 replies · Nov 4, 2026
I still can't wrap my head around AI companies trying to reinvent REST with MCP at the same time they kill off XSLT
A single server shipping XSLT provides proper RESTful content for LLMs with schemas and self a documenting APIs. The same endpoint tells browsers where to find templates to render a webpage out of it
🔗 https://tonysull.co/death-of-xslt-mw23h36a
0 boosts · 0 favs · 1 replies · Nov 4, 2026
I still can't wrap my head around AI companies trying to reinvent REST with MCP at the same time they kill off XSLT
A single server shipping XSLT provides proper RESTful content for LLMs with schemas and self a documenting APIs. The same endpoint tells browsers where to find templates to render a webpage out of it
Instead we're left having to create yet another bespoke API implementation for every service and fight to keep them all up to date and tested
🔗 https://tonysull.co/death-of-xslt
0 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Nov 4, 2026