End of software? No

What happened to software? Why is there so few creative software (2010)? Are we at the end of software? What are the forces which led to this situation, looking like a bit step backward to the epoch of non-programmable accounting machines? Is there a way out of this situation? Yes, and a very simple one: make good software. With invention. Developing models and abstractions. It is difficult but absolutely possible. It this re-start of software I wish to explore here in this blog. Welcome

sábado, 11 de fevereiro de 2012

How to think about choosing a database

Good panorama of the NoSQL databases. Finally, the end of the one model - relational - fits all. Complex and diverse applications need diverse databases.