XML and JSON Are Like Cardboard
Cardboard surrounds and protects stuff as it crosses boundaries.
Side Effects, Front and Center!
One System's Side Effect is Another's Meat and Potatoes.
The Power of Babble
Expect to be constantly and pleasantly befuddled
September 27, 2016
Topic: Databases
This article appears in print in Communications of the ACM, Volume 59 Issue 11—
The Singular Success of SQL
SQL has a brilliant future as a major figure in the pantheon of data representations.
August 2, 2016
Topic: Databases
This article appears in print in Communications of the ACM, Volume 59 Issue 8—
Standing on Distributed Shoulders of Giants
Farsighted Physicists of Yore Were Danged Smart!
June 7, 2016
Topic: Distributed Computing
This article appears in print in Communications of the ACM, Volume 59 Issue 6—