The increase in development for memcached is a good thing since it's a relatively easy and less expensive way to scale. As mentioned in the article, relational

The increase in development for memcached is a good thing since it's a relatively easy and less expensive way to scale. As mentioned in the article, relational databases will be around for a while and were never designed for the kind of scale that many companies require today. It's a proven technology that just needs a boost in certain situations. The combination of MySQL + Memcached is a great solution to for many small companies to scale.