Steve Litt writes:
> As one such back seat driver, allow me to explain. When you've been
> both programming and using for a long time, you get a feel for the many
> ways something can be done,
> ...

I stopped here, because I remember what you wrote about Redis recently.
Perhaps you don't have a feel for the many ways to do something with large
data sets and shared-nothing architectures? You didn't let that stop you
from writing about Redis. So here's your algorithm:

  if the software is familiar
    say something or other
  else if it's good
    exclaim how terrible it is
  else
    exclaim how terrible it is

Arnt