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It's Always XML

xml Developers Zip files Markup language File formats Office Docx Surprise

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9 months ago 385,611 views 1 shares

It's Always XML

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The universal law of file format investigation: encounter mysterious Microsoft file → peek inside expecting proprietary binary wizardry → just XML wearing a fancy hat. That shocked cat face is every developer discovering Microsoft's dirty secret that everything from .docx to .xlsx is just XML in a trench coat pretending to be sophisticated. The corporate equivalent of "would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling developers and your unzip commands!"

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