On: Spending $5k to learn how database indexes work

[AnotherGoodName]

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Millions burnt on consultants and licensing Oracle. I watched C series startups throwing it all away in a move to NoSQL. All those Amazon RDS fees will be lost in time.

[ushakov → AnotherGoodName]

> I watched C series startups throwing it all away in a move to NoSQL

have you forgot that MongoDB is web scale?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs

[bombcar → AnotherGoodName]

I felt a great disturbance in the Billing, as if millions of rows suddenly cried out in read and were suddenly repeated. I fear something terrible has happened.

[vincentpants → AnotherGoodName]

Like tears in the rain

[xiphias2 → vincentpants]

That last metaphore was added by the actor himself...the director asked him to have some human showing in him, and now it's history.

[utopcell → xiphias2]

Actually, the whole part was added by the actor, not just the last metaphor.

[xiphias2 → utopcell]

I think we're both right :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_in_rain_monologue?wprov=...

[phoenixdblack → vincentpants]

These two might just be the best comments i have ever seen on HN

[redisman → phoenixdblack]

Time to die

[utopcell → AnotherGoodName]

"All those Amazon RDS fees will be lost in time" ..like tears in rain?

[racl101 → AnotherGoodName]

I knew the cadence of this sentence sounded familiar.

Nice!