[Tfug] RDBMS reprise

[Tm Ottinger]

I like to call it "solution probleming" since it is the opposite of problem solving  

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That statement is a classic example of a solution in search of a
problem.  What you (we, I, everybody) *should* be doing is asking
"What's the problem that I'm trying to solve?"  And then -- and only
then -- looking for the solution.  All too often, we pick the solution
first.  I don't know that programmers are more prone to this syndrome
than the rest of mankind but it frequently obvious when we do this.