A few things come to mind when reading the article.

1. Kate Bush's album '50 Words for Snow' - excellent stuff.

2. An uncle talking about his database containing a few hundred records. 'Oh, yes, databases, I have one too...'

3. Crocodile Dundee: Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee: [chuckling] That's not a knife. [draws a large Bowie knife] That's a knife.

The simple distinctions I make:

Small databases: sandboxes

Critical databases: handle with care-databases

Nice article.