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Assaf Arkin has an interesting essay over at lesscode.org titled The pragmatic’s guide to Web architectures.

Which methodology is the best choice?

• SOAP
• REST
• XMLHttpRequest
• Microformats
• JSON
• RSS
• RDF

No mention is made of XML-RPC, but that's not the point.

If you’re a pragmatic developer, you have one tool in your toolbelt that always wins the day. It’s the ability to think, ask questions and make choices. To choose solutions that are best for the problem you’re tackling right now. And to keep learning.

You don't hear too much from the Perl camp these days, but I can't help being reminded of one of Larry's many memorable quotes: "a language for getting your job done." It was from him, over ten years go, I first formed this approach to programming and problem solving.

Assar is also vi fan, that was enough to clinch it. I raise my hand proudly.