[Discuss] Are SQL/NoSQL databases dead?

[Eric Chadbourne]

Bear 1:  "I need Agile.  I need the one with big charts."

Bear 2:  "Oh God, I think I just had an aneurysm."

Ahahahha!  That was great.  I honestly don't know a lot about
development methodologies.  I just like to make stuff.  So no strong
opinion.  Funny!



On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Bill Horne <bill at horne.net> wrote:
> On 1/8/2014 2:21 PM, Eric Chadbourne wrote:
>>
>> I lurk one of the postgresql dev lists and they are constantly making
>> new commits and there always seem to be new features being added, most
>> of which I haven't even started playing with.  But I think I hear what
>> you're saying.  It's an older technology that's been pretty well
>> explored and polished.  Probably not much low hanging fruit.
>>
>> I haven't played with the NoSQL stuff yet.  Probably because I find
>> sql and it's super sets to be quite useful.  One of you posted this a
>> while back.  Still cracks me up.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs
>
>
> Or, try this abso-f2(*&$ng-lutely incredible commentary on one of the
> currently-fashionable
> methodologies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvks70PD0Rs
>
> or languages (and it's true that php developers never get groupies) ...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sygm9x9sBEo
>
> or trying to figure out the motives, background, IQ, or batshite attitudes
> of OMG I WAS THERE! I KNOW THAT GUY! I KNOW A HUNDRED OF THOSE GUYS!!! THEY
> WORK AT MOTHER BELL!!!!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OstpOap9KU&list=PL1FB3417C560AC0B7
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OstpOap9KU&list=PL1FB3417C560AC0B7> (and,
> yes, I almost soiled myself several times when listening to this).
>
> Bill, who is going back to the Scary Devil Monastery ...
>
> P.S. (With apologies to a certain BLU member who uses that method ...)
>
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 9:25 AM,<markw at mohawksoft.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> 'm not saying they are "dead" as in no one is using them, I'm more
>>> thinking they are dead with regard to feature development.
>>>
>>> PostgreSQL and MySQL and the commercial databases just seem less
>>> "important" these days with things like MongoDB and Cassandra. Don't get
>>> me wrong, I think the NoSQL crowd are fairly delusional because
>>> eventually
>>> these NoSQL databases will all have SQL front ends and ACID
>>> characteristics are vital to any real database. (but I digress)
>>>
>>> Traditional ACID SQL databases have more or less peaked. Data stores like
>>> the NoSQL ilk are pretty much done feature wise as well. Stonebreaker's
>>> next project is getting very little traction.
>>>
>>> Have databases become just another "word processor" like application
>>> where
>>> almost all the standard offerings are really good enough?   I mean, jeez,
>>> tomcat, apache, php, etc. are all jus good enough and there are no new
>>> "must have" features as well.
>>>
>>> I guess the real question is what's left or are infrastructure components
>>> pretty much done?
>>>
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>>
>>
>
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