[jshen]

You may not be convinced yet, nor am I, but your strawman argument makes you look ... well a little silly.

[Tichy]

That is the way I understood it. What do you mean by "it creates an index for each view"? I just would like to avoid reinventing the wheel, and relational databases abstract away some of the problems of dealing with large data sets.

Edit: OK, read the CouchDB introduction now. Did not know that the "views" are server side. I have a past as a Java developer, and I have actually come across the "select all, then compute in Java" pattern several times in the real world.

[jshen]

You should phrase your comments in the form of a question rather than passing judgement on things you haven't looked into.

[Tichy]

I used to do that but then got negative comments from HN. Anyway, the title of the article was a bit provocative, so I hoped answering in the same spirit would not be taken as offensive. It certainly is inspiring to look into CouchDB.

[jshen]

Yeah, the HN headline was stupid. Sadly stupid titles usually get a lot of up votes. By stupid I mean, intended to incite a knee-jerk reaction.

[jamesbritt]

Same seems true of comments. I think I see Tichy's point; if you ask question, you are often ignored, or mocked.

If, however, you make a (willfully) ignorant assertion, people jump at the chance to tell you just how wrong you are.

Not that I want to advocate this approach, but I understand why someone would use it if, in the end, it generates more useful information.

(I think this was discussed elsewhere on HN, with "troll, don't inquire" as a disappointingly effective means of getting information.)

[Tichy]

I wasn't trying to troll, I merely answered in the same tone as the submission title. Let's not blow this out of proportion.

[intinig]

I am sorry for the headline, but you're right about stupid headlines getting reactions.