On: No to SQL? Anti-database movement gains steam

[johnnybgoode]

> I wonder if we just have a generation of programmers who can't think in SQL. They're used to using ORMs (which are useful abstractions) but can't work at a lower level.

There is probably some truth to this, but another reason is that they want to avoid certain scaling hassles or costs.

Edit: I'm not saying this is necessarily a good thing.

[trezor → johnnybgoode]

I fail to see how using a proven solution like relational databases involves hassles with scaling.