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Re:SAML: A Fractal of Bad Design on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @07:38PM (#49809753)
“ Further, a committee of subcommittees having meetings is a recipe for “kitchen-sink” protocol design (e.g., waterfall methodology, big design up front, etc.).”

- personally, I like having a kitchen sink

Re:AWS Babelfish: The Elephant in the PostgreSQL Room? on Friday February 12, 2021 @10:38AM (#26114811)
MySQL is a bit simpler even though pgadmin is a wonderful tool for learning postgres advantages. For me the difference became clear when needing to plot locations on a globe. PostGIS is super helpful