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Every time I hear about some NoSQL "breakthrough" that existed a while ago in SQL databases, I can't help but feel underwhelmed. In general, I'm convinced SQL
by ralmidani 9y ago
Every time I hear about some NoSQL "breakthrough" that existed a while ago in SQL databases, I can't help but feel underwhelmed.
In general, I'm convinced SQL is like Constitutional Democracy; it's not perfect, but it's better than any alternative humans have come up with so far.
- munk-a 9y agoThe consistency is really nice too. I've always hated the fact that column declarations are the first portion of a query and wanted them at the end but... I'd rather be slightly disappointed all the time than occasionally need to rewrite huge swathes of queries if we're changing DBMSs