Very good list of the challenges ahead for RSS as a popular protocol. It'd be great to see some of it being tackled.

Looks like an interesting way to improve SQL. This feels like a nice extension, it's much better than throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

I'm not sure the "bubble" comparison properly applies. Still there are indeed signs of the Open Source movement getting in troubles. It'll be all the more important to stick to the Free Software values.

How to avoid drowning in errors when getting serious about monitoring. Finding class of errors and treating them one by one will definitely help.