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Nice to see a "Dear <open source project>" that was a full blown love letter instead of a critique!
by randlet 9y ago
Nice to see a "Dear <open source project>" that was a full blown love letter instead of a critique!
- dotdi 9y agoI was dreading the big "BUT + <arbitrary rant>", and indeed, it never came. I share many of the views of the author. It's a great piece of software.
- Finnucane 9y agoYeah, I could quibble about how the XML support in Postgres is not really equal to an XML database--it's still limited to xpath/xslt 1.0, and no xquery--but the fact that is has any at all is still handy and useful. I mean, I guess it would be too much to ask for it to do _everything_.
- kuschku 9y agoAnd if you need that, you can easily write a function to do it in one of dozens of languages – from pl/SQL to pl/V8, or even pl/C – or even directly write an extension (and I think there are already a few for that purpose)
- wale 9y agoYea, same here on that “BUT.” Which just made me love it more.
- alexmuro 9y agoI know and the piece is spot on, not to mention the fact that with PostGIS its the best database for spatial anything, much better then expensive proprietary solutions. Thanks postgres!
- GlennS 9y agoI'd argue that Spatialite also has its place, but I use both that and PostGIS very happily.
- bitL 9y agoWe need more of these ;-) I started reading afraid its a thin-veiled complaint and was positively surprised as well :)
- brudgers 9y agoI think it is more a matter of time because that is what mature relationships of the sort that take the good with the bad and acknowledge gradual change and value stability require. It's what separates love songs to Lisp from enthusiasm for React.