I feel like this is something I have to keep repeating, "the data always outlives the app code." If app code is required to make sense of the data, you are going to have problems. Of course NoSQL has a place, but only in very certain cases should it be your primary datastore. SQL (and the RDBMSs that leverage it) are built to store, protect, and provide structure to the data.
The second annoyance I have is the push for schemaless. Schemaless does not exist. There is always a schema, except in a schemaless data store, the schema has been moved to app code and then my earlier comment applies.
One thing I do agree with is that most ORMs are not very good. The best ones I have used are very thin layers over the sql, like jOOQ. I think the lack of understanding of SQL and bad ORM experiences (Hibernate WTF) is what led people to think SQL/RDMBs were the problem when in fact they were not.
The second annoyance I have is the push for schemaless. Schemaless does not exist. There is always a schema, except in a schemaless data store, the schema has been moved to app code and then my earlier comment applies.
One thing I do agree with is that most ORMs are not very good. The best ones I have used are very thin layers over the sql, like jOOQ. I think the lack of understanding of SQL and bad ORM experiences (Hibernate WTF) is what led people to think SQL/RDMBs were the problem when in fact they were not.