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Nested schema-less-ness

Posted in Paradigms with tags data access, nosql, relational database, sql on March 3, 2010 by moffdub

Back to Full Throttle here on the EIP web-ring.

I was browsing Proggit and DZone and came across a post on igvita.com by Ilya Grigorik that compares schema-free SQL to the NoSQL movement. I immediately knew that this post was a post for me. I have demonstrated in the past my propensity for learning things the hard way, like the closure-object equivalency and AOP. I know I have done this with a couple of other topics here, and I am in the process of digging those up.

I am trying to refer to a previous post of mine and I can’t remember it. Is this a sign of longevitity and success, or senility?

Anywho, the premise is simple: can you simulate NoSQL (and I really mean schema-less here) with a SQL database?

Helltime for March 1

Posted in Helltime with tags Helltime on March 1, 2010 by moffdub

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Architexa has discovered the awesomeness of David Platt and offers recommendations to eliminate the suckiness of your software. Liz is in the unique position where the users are also developers. But this still shouldn’t change the lessons of Why Software Sucks. I don’t curse often at work, but when I do, it is at my tools getting in my way, because it is so unnecessary. I’m reminded of a cartoon about UI design. We have a tool just like this to build our workspaces.
From the blog of Rick Wagner, a thought-provoking and guilt-inducing word of advice on becoming a “senior” programmer: acquire both breadth and depth of knowledge. It is a timely find for me. Due to recent personnel changes, I am starting to become one of the “veterans” of our team, which is, needless to say, quite shocking and earlier than I thought it should’ve been.
Anyway, breadth and depth are indeed what it is about, and I have done a crappy job in Twenty-ten advancing my knowledge in the EIP-approved way. Just because I am getting more than my fix at work is no reason to descend into slothery at home.
Suspected liberal Andy Scott claims that programmers across the industry need to unionize, all because his life as a developer sucks. Can I get a “hell no” from the dittohead programmers in the choir? Hell no! Assuming that Andy lives in the as-of-now free world, try exercising your freedom and use the free market to redress your grievances. There is no point in going the opposite direction, and that is something this administration doesn’t want to hear, folks. Back after this!
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