I know it's not popular, so it would never make the list. But disappointed nonetheless that Whitespace didn't get scrutinised. That data would have meant something!

First time we hear about KDE in ages.. then we get a second story on the same day.

Konspiracy?

11? That's ridiculous.

So.. Perl6 is actually finished? Or is that the wrong sort of question to ask?

I remember when Basic was spelt BASIC, as in.. you know.. an acronym.

Mysql smiling. WTF? s/mysql/myself. I'm frigging tired, going to bed. Have a good night peeps.

I watched that vid probably a dozen times, just to keep mysql smiling in the crazy days of having Neo4j, InfluxDB, Redis and Elasticsearch all thrown in by devs into the one project (no.. I shit you not...)

For those without Flash, here's an another version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

I used to have a simple test in interviews. "Describe the difference between an inner and an outer join". In the end I gave up. Plus management didn't want to hire the only person to answer it correctly because they were clearly too experienced.

Well, thanks to Rails and similar frameworks we've been treating the database as a dumb data repository for years. Not surprised that the kids have no idea how to make the things work properly.

Well, I'd have to disagree here. If I install a MongoDB on some cloud VM using the default setup, I have an insecure database available on the internet. If I install Postgres, well... I can't even access the database remotely.

Much of the time NoSQL is a problem looking for a solution. I've had to deal with this a number of times before - and I'd concur what the AC above posted - the culture around NoSQL often seems to be "squeee! I have a NoSQL database.. look at my awesome speed" without investing time getting to know existing SQL properly. Or securing the systems.

Case in point: a while ago I replaced an Elasticsearch database with 40 lines of decent SQL. It wasn't rocket science (MySQL), but it was an order of magnitude faster and less complicated as it didn't require an additional server and the data pump between the SQL and Elasticsearch databases. Yes, I know Elasticsearch isn't a NoSQL db in the same sense as Mongo, but it was part of swag (4 in total) non-traditional databases in use papering over poor indexing / querying on the existing MySQL db. Oh.. and no security. That's the NoSQL culture I've experienced, and not just at one shop. All over the place.

We lost something when database administrators were given short shrift and we all became "full stack developers". So much knowledge has just gone out the window.

Isn't it a fundamental issue with the design of these NoSQL DBs? Security seems to be almost an afterthought. Compare and contrast even a bog-standard SQL database like MySQL or Postgres. Unless you're completely mental you can't create a database installation without at least some kind of security.

Mongo on the other hand comes with access controlled turned off by default.

Perhaps the answer is start with proven technologies before adding immature tools like Mongo into the mix. And before any NoSQL fans come screaming at me, by "mature" I mean using systems that don't blithely ignore the lessons learned from 40+ years of relational database management.

Is Darwin still an option?

Tried to find it via darwin.org and it seems to have been yanked into the larger Apple sphere of influence.

Somewhere along the way we dispensed with DBAs and anyone else who might freak out at insecure access to the database layer. Glad that's working out.

I don't normally respond to ACs, but thank you for the clue on mirage.io. The unikernel idea is intriguing and - as per the OP's question - an innovative new OS model.

Another interesting unikernel system is Ling - essentially Erlang running directly on a hypervisor.

I can't help but think these will give containers and such a run for their money over the next few years.

My prediction? The occasion will be "noted" by a series of themed jokes flooding your Facebook status. We're a day-ish ahead here in Australia and it's been going on all morning.