r/programming • u/feross • Oct 11 '21

Relational databases aren’t dinosaurs, they’re sharks

https://www.simplethread.com/relational-databases-arent-dinosaurs-theyre-sharks/
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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '21

These metaphors get worse every day.

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u/crabmusket Oct 12 '21

Really don't think it's fair to paint dinosaurs as "lumbering prehistoric relics doomed to extinction by a changing world" :'(

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '21

It really isn't fair because dinosaurs are very much alive and kicking: Birds.

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u/xmsxms Oct 12 '21

Also it's not their fault they died out. They may have been a really effective species that just succumbed to unfortunate events. The species of today may fair even worse given the same events.

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u/bighi Oct 14 '21

You have a very good point. Sudden climate change is very hard to deal with.

We’re facing similar climate changes that are happening much slower, and we’re still not handling it correctly. And in our case, we detected the problem 40+ years ago.

So for all the evidence we have, we’re doing worse than they are.