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Today's perfections are yesterday's "good enoughs". Don't be sad for the trend. In 10 years, you will have new perfections to enjoy.

Like the probabilistic bank account balance. "You have between $10 and $1000 with the greatest likelihood being $537 (52% chance)."

There was this thread a while ago with HSBC switching to MongoDB... so, yeah, distinct possibility :-)

(The article was very light on details though, and it was probably just one team that consolidated to MongoDB, not the accounts itself... one hopes.)

A friend of mine went to a doctor, and after the medical lab the doctor told him you either have malaria or typhoid.

This trend seems to be everwhere