Thursday, March 24, 2016

Let's not blame NPM and modular development over a hissy fit

This week a developer who was pissed off at NPMJS.org pulled all his packages, including one little strange package left-pad that was a dependency for a frightening number of other packages and software projects, including React ( see http://www.businessinsider.com/npm-left-pad-controversy-explained-2016-3 )

Sunday, March 20, 2016

I can't help it - I love PostgreSQL!

Recently, in regards to a new project, a colleague asked me to justify my panning of MySQL in favor of PostgreSQL. While I wrote it to him personally, I think it stands on it's own and gives a nice breakdown of PostgreSQL vs. MySQL for those trying to make the same decision. I expect some flaming comments but it would be nice if flamers will include any references/proofs: