7 Database Lessons You Can Learn From Star Trek: TNG

The text discusses seven valuable lessons that developers can learn from Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) series, relating to dealing with databases. These include the importance of speed and scalability in a distributed system, ensuring data consistency across multiple nodes, seeking advice from reputable sources, maintaining correctness even under duress, planning for inevitable failures, and focusing on building applications rather than worrying about database technicalities. The author suggests that while TNG is not directly related to databases, its thought-provoking episodes can still provide valuable insights when creatively interpreted.