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The points in the blog post apply to most non-relational databases.

Hi Mike!

That's good to know, I'd like to give it a try, but only OS X and Linux seems to be supported.

My apologies, I thought RethinkDB was a relational database; the mention of joins gave me the thought, as I don't know of any other non-relational database that directly supports joins.

cmirceaon A Year of MongoDB

The relational model is not suitable for what most people are using relational databases for.

That's why there's a whole bunch of ORMs, with varying degrees of magic. It's also the reason some people were crazy enough to use relational DBs for key-value storage (eg. Reddit).

cmirceaon A Year of MongoDB

Seems RethinkDB is still relational. Meh.

If you're using C#, I'd recommend RavenDB.

cmirceaon Your heart attack bill: $3,300 in Arkansas, $92,000 in California

There are plenty of people who CANNOT AFFORD insurance, because it is HIDEOUSLY expensive. And even if they can afford it, the companies can drop the policy or refuse payment for a huge amount of reasons.

What, do you think you'll be going bankrupt if your taxes contribute to the health of all people with a few cents, heck, even a few dollars?

cmirceaon Your heart attack bill: $3,300 in Arkansas, $92,000 in California

What, it's bad they're actively campaigning against smoking and unhealthy foods and for having regular exercise?

Are you kidding me?!

cmirceaon Your heart attack bill: $3,300 in Arkansas, $92,000 in California

I hate to say it, but:

owned

cmirceaon Why Isn't Gatsby in the Public Domain?

cmirceaon One hospital charges $8,000 — another, $38,000

What the hell? State provided healthcare = Socialism?! That's bullshit.

What about the police department? Or the fire department? Or the post office?

cmirceaon One hospital charges $8,000 — another, $38,000

State organized and owned healthcare. You pay for it as a taxpayer and don't have to worry about going bankrupt because of a disease that can happen to anybody. For an example, the UK's NHS.

Private healthcare is still perfectly legal and fine, as is private health insurance, if you deem the state services are not suitable for you.

Hospitals should be helping people, not ripping them off >.<

cmirceaon One hospital charges $8,000 — another, $38,000

Or how about have national healthcare? Like every other decent country on this planet?

cmirceaon Go ahead, pass the Internet tax. Your (foreign) competitors thank you.

Everything was taxed, equally (with a few exceptions like food). No wasted time figuring out which tax to use, keeping up with tax changes, arguing why the brick & mortar store has a 5% rate while the online shop has 10%, etc.

Over the pond it's the same for everybody. Doesn't seem so in the US.

cmirceaon Senate Backs Bill to Force Tax Collection on Internet Sales

2 cents from an European here:

Why does the US not have VAT and instead have this big mess called sales tax? IIRC it's one of the only few developed countries without VAT.

cmirceaon I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

And web apps are supposed to replace desktop apps...

cmirceaon I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

That's a workaround of sorts, not a solution.

cmirceaon I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

I gave it a 5 minute trial. Can't figure out if it supports multiple addresses.

cmirceaon I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

Ctrl + Shift + 8? You gotta be shitting me!

Ctrl + ] & [ to indent? What's wrong with Tab & Shift-Tab, like in every other app?

cmirceaon I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

Nitpicker's corner: it doesn't actually send the email, it focuses the send button.

cmirceaon I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

Nobody thinks Photoshop has a good UX, but that's not the point; the point is it's been consistent, with only small, helpful changes.

If Adobe redesigned the Photoshop interface they'd instantly love half their market share, as people using software professionally don't like or have the time to learn something new just because it's better in some odd way.

Microsoft did that with Office, the whole Ribbon fiasco, but to their defense: - Office 2003's UI was extremely complicated; GMail's new extra steps are nothing in comparison. - The Ribbon UI was well designed from the start. - All (or most) keyboard shortcuts stayed the same. - Microsoft actually did extensively test the new design and, being Microsoft, it will be supported for a long time.

Adobe probably wouldn't be able to pull that off, and it looks like even Google can't anymore.

cmirceaon I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

I agree with you. The newest updates annoy me a lot, especially the signature one - I commonly write emails in two languages and I need to check if the signature is the correct one; a pain now.

Furthermore I use the web client to manage all my email addresses, because it is, well was, convenient. Now if I need to send from a different address I have to take extra steps. WHY?!

But what alternative is there?

I'm on Windows 8. The built in Metro mail app is... not that great. Outlook 2013 has some parts Metro, some parts leftover from all the way back in '95. I'm not particularly fond of Yahoo either.

cmirceaon I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

Surely you could've made it a PNG!

http://awesomescreenshot.com/00e18gxe65

cmirceaon Web Framework Benchmarks Round 4

I'm very curious how C# would compare on the .NET and Mono stacks.

cmirceaon Web Framework Benchmarks Round 4

APC only caches the opcodes, so the interpreter doesn't have to parse your code. But the framework still has to set up itself for each request individually. Parse configuration, create objects, etc. It adds up quickly.

cmirceaon Web Framework Benchmarks Round 4

This is business as usual for me with ASP.NET. IIS Express has to start, then the app to load, then to initialize, then to compile the views.

And don't get me started on the Azure Compute Emulator.

cmirceaon Web Framework Benchmarks Round 4

Moore's law hasn't made it moot. Running in the cloud is pretty slow and extremely expensive. Look at StackExchange for example - they used to handle a LOT of traffic on a handful of servers. Even these benchmarks say (or said) that the EC2 instance used is waaay slower than an i7 2600K.

cmirceaon Web Framework Benchmarks Round 4

Well depends exactly on the implementation.

Some may issue queries in parallel and aggregate the results, blocking until everything is done. Others may run them sequentially, which is the simplest but slowest way.

cmirceaon Web Framework Benchmarks Round 4

To add my 2 cents, static languages have started adding dynamic features. One example is C#.

cmirceaon Web Framework Benchmarks Round 4

Linux may be the dominant platform, but that doesn't mean Windows doesn't have a very significant share either: http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/operating_system/al...