[Verse 1] When architects first glimpse the XACML beast A simple rule explodes to nested feast Angle brackets multiply like hungry cells Each policy becomes cathedral bells Of verbose declarations stretching wide While readability gets pushed aside [Chorus] Pages of nested XML Drowning logic in a waterfall Too complex for mortal eyes to parse XACML's blessing becomes its curse Verbose, narrow, losing ground To cleaner tongues that JSON found [Verse 2] Access control is all this monster knows Can't speak of risks or how a crisis grows Change management falls silent in its grip While incident response just gets the slip One domain mastered but the world needs more Than authorization's single-minded door [Chorus] Pages of nested XML Drowning logic in a waterfall Too complex for mortal eyes to parse XACML's blessing becomes its curse Verbose, narrow, losing ground To cleaner tongues that JSON found [Bridge] Dozens of combining algorithms dance Function types that multiply by chance Profile specifications breed like rabbits While developers flee to newer habits OPA Rego whispers sweet and clean Cedar cuts through what XACML's machines [Verse 3] Performance chokes when policies grow thick Remote attribute calls make systems sick Policy evaluation hits the wall When throughput demands begin to call The cloud-native world wants JSON streams Not XML's antiquated dreams [Chorus] Pages of nested XML Drowning logic in a waterfall Too complex for mortal eyes to parse XACML's blessing becomes its curse Verbose, narrow, losing ground To cleaner tongues that JSON found [Outro] Mindshare fading like an ancient scroll While modern tools take control XACML taught us lessons hard and true Sometimes less is more than verbose grew
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