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This is something that annoys me about relative terms like "client" and "backend". An entity can simultaneously be the client of one pair and the server of anot
by solipsism 10y ago
This is something that annoys me about relative terms like "client" and "backend". An entity can simultaneously be the client of one pair and the server of another.
No good solution comes to mind, aside from being very explicit. "database client" vs "user client".
- SideburnsOfDoom 10y agoIndeed, this was a very confusing conversation because of it. If by client you mean "a web browser" then "a better approach is where there's code between the client and the database" makes perfect sense; but in the meaning of "client" where any code that calls the database is a client of the database, it's balderdash. I honestly don't think that a "trust boundary" has anything to do with it, generally.