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My $2/month VPS has stopped and can't even boot, so I've switched provider. It seems like most server providers don't want to offer <$5 machines, and I imagine it's hard to make money at the low end. Several providers require a one-off setup fee too.

I think JSON vs XML is a strange dichotomy. Both can be processed by machines, but they're very different. I've seen XML work really well for dictionary data. You want to mark up text: A dog is a domesticated <group>animal</group>. In other words JSON : CSV :: XML : HTML.

@bamfic Lisp Machines had hardware supported tagged pointers, but I'm not aware of other features. Nonetheless, the ability to add custom hardware for your programming model worked out really well for them :)