Welcome to Rebase 38. Suggestions for projects to cover are always welcome, check out the criteria here. In the meantime, check out this preview of some neat visualizations using the GitHub API of how developers are connected:

I’ve been using Google Chrome as my default browser ever since 1Password came out with an extension for Chrome. The state of web browsing on the Mac still, unfortunately, leaves something to be desired. However, after using this full time for a little while I can say that I’m really liking it. As a web developer I have a need for good developer tools in a browser. For that, Firefox and Firebug will always be king of the hill. Daily browsing and light development in Chrome has been suiting my needs just fine.

At first I was going to do a “top lesson from 2009″ post, however the more I thought about it the harder it was to determine the “number one” lesson of the year, as I’ve been fortunate to learn a lot. So here the top ten lessons I learned in 2009, in no particular order.

Rumors of the demise of relational database systems are greatly exaggerated. The NoSQL movement is increasingly capturing the mindshare of the developers, all the while the academia have been talking about the move away from "RDBMS as one size fits all" for several years.

A lot of people say they want open and honest communication – a necessity for smooth business operations – but don’t act like it. Agile requires a huge amount of communication to be successful, both from team members and projects. Also a shout out to one of our Facebook fans, Mariel.