In the final paragraph he compares himself with Capt Kirk, facing the Kobayashi Maru: "we can only solve this problem by redefining the question."

Well, perhaps that's as difficult as solving the "SQL scalability that 20 years of brilliant programmers haven't solved"?

...because he declines to attempt to reframe the question.

[ or maybe he's leaving us wanting more: like his next post? ]

Anybody up for reformulating the question?