“Fashion Is Hard. PostgreSQL Is Easy” [video]
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“Fashion Is Hard. PostgreSQL Is Easy” [video]
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Re: “Fashion Is Hard. PostgreSQL Is Easy” [video]
#2That title is really great, and also rings true. And of all open-source SQL DBs, PostgreSQL is superbly executed and a breeze to work with. I can only recommend it.
Re: “Fashion Is Hard. PostgreSQL Is Easy” [video]
#3That title is really great, and also rings true. And of all open-source SQL DBs, PostgreSQL is superbly executed and a breeze to work with. I can only recommend it.
As someone who's used to MySQL, I keep trying to use PostgreSQL (better standards compliance, better behaviour in the face of bad data) - and I keep going back. The psql interface is awkward (too many magic backslash commands to memorize instead of SHOW CREATE TABLE) and always feels slightly laggy somehow.
Re: “Fashion Is Hard. PostgreSQL Is Easy” [video]
#4Coming up with your own ideas is hard. Cloning other businesses is easy.
Re: “Fashion Is Hard. PostgreSQL Is Easy” [video]
#5Coming up with your own ideas is hard. Cloning other businesses is easy.
Coming up with ideas is easy. Executing them well is hard.
Re: “Fashion Is Hard. PostgreSQL Is Easy” [video]
#6That title is really great, and also rings true. And of all open-source SQL DBs, PostgreSQL is superbly executed and a breeze to work with. I can only recommend it.
As someone who's used to MySQL, I keep trying to use PostgreSQL (better standards compliance, better behaviour in the face of bad data) - and I keep going back. The psql interface is awkward (too many magic backslash commands to memorize instead of SHOW CREATE TABLE) and always feels slightly laggy somehow.
I have the same problem. Because of this I use PostgreSQL only if I need it feature-wise and use MySQL as the default. This of course prevents me from getting used to PostgreSQL.
Re: “Fashion Is Hard. PostgreSQL Is Easy” [video]
#7Coming up with your own ideas is hard. Cloning other businesses is easy.
Commenting on HN is easy. Delivering a presentation that gets on HN frontpage is hard.
Re: “Fashion Is Hard. PostgreSQL Is Easy” [video]
#8Hmm, looking a bit at their site[1]:
Addidas jogging pants -- 59,95 €
Volcom T-shirt print -- 17,45 €
Under Armour T-shirt -- 39.95 €
Like really now -- who needs this stuff? Especially when you can just go to Aldi or Tchibo (or any of a number of other discount retailers readily visible at nearly every shopping mall in Germany) and buy essentially same stuff (minus the logos, of course) for 1/10th of the price. So perhaps a better title might be:
“Fashion generates revenue, and handsome pay-outs. But is basically pointless. And a soul-sucking waste of time.”
Re: “Fashion Is Hard. PostgreSQL Is Easy” [video]
#9Coming up with your own ideas is hard. Cloning other businesses is easy.
While I agree in general, "sell shoes in a customer-friendly way" isn't exactly a revelatory business model.
Re: “Fashion Is Hard. PostgreSQL Is Easy” [video]
#10That title is really great, and also rings true. And of all open-source SQL DBs, PostgreSQL is superbly executed and a breeze to work with. I can only recommend it.
As someone who's used to MySQL, I keep trying to use PostgreSQL (better standards compliance, better behaviour in the face of bad data) - and I keep going back. The psql interface is awkward (too many magic backslash commands to memorize instead of SHOW CREATE TABLE) and always feels slightly laggy somehow.
The backslash commands are way better than having to type out SHOW TABLES; or SHOW DATABASES;, or CONNECT DATABASE X. All I have to do is \dt or \c x. It's so much better. Can't remember them? Just do \?.