[vosper]

> The first few sections of this post nearly lost me, waffling on about NoSQL vs whatever.

Since the author of the blog post is here, I'll just jump in to agree with this part: there is a lot of unecessary background text before we get to the meat of it. I don't think people need a history lesson on NoSQL and SQL, and IMO the "authoritarianism" metaphor is a stretch, and that word has pretty negative connotations.

I think there's some value in setting the scene, but I think you will lose readers before they get to the much more interesting content further down. I recommend revising it to be a lot shorter.

[rco8786]

+1 the second 60% of the article is incredibly interesting, but I almost gave up before I got to the meat.