edneypitta

Also funny how "riocontra" sounds like "river flowing backwards" (at least in Portuguese)

>something that can accommodate changing requirements, i.e., a relational database

Wouldn't NoSQL be better suited for this scenario? Genuinely curious.

He meant we can't stand to be bored anymore. At the slightest chance we immediately look for distractions, like the internet.

I agree with this but would emphasize that this is just an exercise to get free from a distracted state in your mind all the time.

> In essence you are moving responsibility for data integrity away from the DB and in to your app, something I think is quite dangerous.

Why is this a bad thing? The code in my app can be tested and is much more expressive than some contraints in the DB.