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Re:Goodbye Microservices: From 100s of problem children to 1... by JustSomeNobody on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @04:39PM (#17501934)
> Different permutations of identical queries causes slow downs or speed ups for no apparent reason in SQL.

EXPLAIN does a very good job of explaining why one query is faster than another.

> SQL is a leaky abstraction that has created a whole generation of SQL admins or people who memorize a bunch of SQL hacks rather than understand algorithms.

This just smacks of sound bite material.

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Re:Goodbye Microservices: From 100s of problem children to 1... by tabtab on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @04:56PM (#17502072)
To misquote Winston Churchill, SQL is the worst data approach except for all others. As far as query languages, I'd like to see more language competition. I imagine it would take a decade or two to be competitive with SQL, which has a big head start. (I'm partial to SMEQL myself.)
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