Nested schema-less-ness

Back to Full Throttle here on the EIP web-ring.

I was browsing Proggit and DZone and came across a post on igvita.com by Ilya Grigorik that compares schema-free SQL to the NoSQL movement. I immediately knew that this post was a post for me. I have demonstrated in the past my propensity for learning things the hard way, like the closure-object equivalency and AOP. I know I have done this with a couple of other topics here, and I am in the process of digging those up.

I am trying to refer to a previous post of mine and I can’t remember it. Is this a sign of longevitity and success, or senility?

Anywho, the premise is simple: can you simulate NoSQL (and I really mean schema-less here) with a SQL database?

Coming down the pike

So there I was, surfing reddit and DZone for some Helltime material, when I found the 5Whys blog on technical leadership. I found a post about a possible job description for a tech lead:

… Here’s what you need to do:
Remember what it was like to be a junior programmer
Teach others to avoid the mistakes you made so they don’t stay junior for long
Know about the next generation of technology coming down the pike …

Ah yes, the fabled advice to know what the next big thing will be and not be left behind. I have written before at a somewhat high level about the future, and I have also expressed my own concerns that I try to stay up on the latest and greatest. That is partly the reason behind the Code H’yungs my severely-delayed re-implementation of The Project.

I haven’t gotten specific, though. What are the specific languages, tools, and ideas that are up and coming right now? Let me share my findings, categorized of course.