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New Best tool for the job and all that
People treat SQL databases as golden bullets for their data storage needs, rarely taking into account the downsides. Time to take a step back and figure out what you really need to accomplish, and THEN determine the best method of storage and access.
New Yah
Too many people just think "I need to store a lot of data on disk - I guess I need a database". They don't realize that databases COST you something too.

If its just about persistence - probably you can do better with plain old files. OTOH, if you really do have a lot of different ways of looking at your data, then a database is just the thing.

I'm actually moving an app from an oodb, which is mostly only good at persistence, to postgres because I have ever expanding reporting requirements.




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New Power of abstractions vs. absolute performance
OODBMSs are supposed to offer better abstractions to make programming easier, but I haven't heard anyone say the performance is acceptable. Eventually the hardware will pick up enough that today's experiments will become practical. But by then we'll be trying to do more, with more data.

Maybe we should keep the greybeards around so that when we hit the wall of what we can do with current hardware, they can remind us how they used to do things.
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     Okay, I'll relent. (edited/updated) - (folkert) - (23)
         Take a compiler course - (jake123)
         My favorite books - (ChrisR) - (18)
             New compiler books needed? - (tonytib) - (17)
                 A new dragon book was put out this year - (ChrisR)
                 I'd like one about building scalability layers. - (static) - (14)
                     Scalability layer ... - (drewk) - (11)
                         It's farily straightforward. - (static) - (10)
                             What's that buzzing sound? - (drewk) - (9)
                                 Not so fast, bubba boy. - (static) - (8)
                                     A question you might ask yourself - (tuberculosis) - (7)
                                         It is a promising thought, I'll admit. - (static)
                                         Just gone through that - (crazy)
                                         Are we going back to frame-style usage? - (drewk) - (4)
                                             Interesting take on things. - (static)
                                             Best tool for the job and all that - (crazy) - (2)
                                                 Yah - (tuberculosis) - (1)
                                                     Power of abstractions vs. absolute performance - (drewk)
                     Taking SQL away - (tuberculosis) - (1)
                         Interesting. - (static)
                 Related but a bit OT question - (tjsinclair)
         What about embedded development? - (tonytib) - (2)
             Would any of these - (tuberculosis) - (1)
                 Possibly, but would require more hardware - (tonytib)

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