Agreed. In my current job, across several large java code bases that have been developed over the last 12 years, the only place I've seen xml come into play is for maven. We've hundreds or more similar scale code bases and I don't think I've ever seen it in use beyond that, though I only occasionally look at those code bases.
No one is ever reaching for xml or even thinking about it.
Even in 2015, we have already started Spring projects without XML configuration.
But you shouldn’t be surprised. Very few people really can code in Spring nicely. For example, configuration in application.properties is still seems to be too complex to understand for most. Most accepted solution on StackOverflow is not the best at all (for example many-many includes unnecessary lines).
Visited Lisboa last summer, the building where I booked an apartment was not even there in Google Maps, satellite image data was showing a leveled site with some dumpsters.
Just checked and the images are still the same old ones...
> Western Europe and the US built their economy in Poland, because the labor is educated and cheap.
> There are almost no globally competitive Polish companies.
Same issue in all southern and eastern European countries.
Grossly incorrect and unfounded. There are no Googles there, but there are plenty of mid tier companies delivering quality products. For a blatant example see e.g. Shelly in Bulgaria. Or depending on how you count South, e.g. Vinci or Eni or car producers in Italy.
And not everyone needs to succeed in industrial household names, that e.g. much of southern European economies come from tourism is not a bad thing.
What is MuseHub and how is Audacity related to it?