Borklog: One entry
4 April 2001
Rzolf posted a brilliant rant to the web/db board. Here it is for your pleasure. In case you miss the reference, MySQL (the darling of the Linux crowd) is a pretty unreliable database "solution". "Have any of you ever read the comments on a popular site like f---ed
company or slashdot? 90%+ of the postings should make you embarrassed
to be a member of the human race. Even on GOOD community sites like
photo.net, about 80% of the postings are disposable. Do you really
want to reliably preserve thousands of "me first" and "mr stinky
finger" posts for the rest of eternity?
Everyone should encourage the
use of unstable architectures for typical crummy community sites. A
server crash on one of these sites has the potential to wipe out hard
evidence that the internet world of the late 90s and early 2000s was
populated mainly by immature, racist, homophobic sociopaths. The use
of MySQL should be encouraged, for your children's sake."
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