[wiz21c]

>> The preconception that you have to be maximally efficient with storage has led to huge quantities of valuable data being lost.

I 100% agree. Many programmers are trained as if memory, CPU are finite resources. Although it's true, in many cases, that reality may be safely ignored, opening tons of opportunities (to store data, to develop faster because you don't optimize, etc.).

At a time where my phone has gigabytes of memory, I'm always surprised that some people ask me to put a limit on a text field. I understand the technicalities behind the question, but from a conceptual point of view, that's often pointless.