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The "modern" DB world reminds me of dentistry. Zero reason a database can't be plug and play right now. Dentistry wants to remain in the dark ages, and so does
by smm11 4y ago
The "modern" DB world reminds me of dentistry. Zero reason a database can't be plug and play right now.
Dentistry wants to remain in the dark ages, and so does the database world. The rest of us just want something like the electrical (non-Texas) grid. Just works. When it doesn't, it comes back up, and all is fine.
- vajrabum 4y agoWhat would dentistry that isn't in the dark ages do differently? Genuinely curious.
- WJW 4y agoYou can get a plug-and-play database experience at any of the dozens of companies that will host a database for you. You'll have to define your own tables and indexes of course, but the grid doesn't take care of the wires inside your house either. The electrical grid is kept up by the continuous effort of tens of thousands of employees across the country btw, it's hardly magic. I bet most people would be horrified if they realized how much manual planning is involved in keeping the electrical grid running.