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In my day we called "decentralized apps" simply "programs".

by ythn 8y ago

codetrotter 8y ago
What makes dapps "special" (i.e. why we have a separate name for them) is that they utilize a blockchain in one way or another. For example for storage or transfer of data.
- tree_of_item 8y ago
  I think the point is that's not actually an interesting feature. The programs use an over-hyped database hoping to siphon off a bit of the hype...did we have a separate name for programs using NoSQL too?
  - jjallen 8y ago
    Yes, blockchains _have_ been overhyped thus far. But there is some promise to having distributed control over a database. For instance, you can build a company with [token|share]holders that no one controls -- a true cooperative. (full disclosure I work on this problem)
  - maxencecornet 8y ago
    >have a separate name for programs using NoSQL too? Yeah, horrible legacy projects that are a pain in the ass to maintain Source: I am working on a legacy API based on a noSQL database with a very dumb design (because the data was relational of course) in a very large company
    - ythn 8y ago
      > Yeah, horrible legacy projects that are a pain in the ass to maintain How can a "legacy" project be using noSQL? In my company, "legacy" projects are projects that have been around for 10+ years. MongoDB hasn't even been out a full 10 years, yet...
      - maxencecornet 8y ago
        >How can a "legacy" project be using noSQL? A project doesn't need to be 10+ years old to be legacy. This API is 3y old, and was the first iteration, the v1, of the company's digital asset management API, it's only maintained for a few teams around the world, whereas the v2 is well crafted and has a way more logical datamodel Legacy != old
        ythn 8y ago
        It's just weird when I read stuff like "Yeah, I've had to do a bunch of maintenance on our legacy webpack/Angular 2 system" because in my mind webpack and Angular 2 are still very recent technologies, just not recent compared to webpack 2/Angular 5
  - andysomniac 8y ago
    "Web Scale"

In my day we called "decentralized apps" simply "programs".

by ythn 8y ago

In my day we called "decentralized apps" simply "programs".

What makes dapps "special" (i.e. why we have a separate name for them) is that they utilize a blockchain in one way or another. For example for storage or transfer of data.

tree_of_item 8y ago
I think the point is that's not actually an interesting feature. The programs use an over-hyped database hoping to siphon off a bit of the hype...did we have a separate name for programs using NoSQL too?
- jjallen 8y ago
  Yes, blockchains _have_ been overhyped thus far. But there is some promise to having distributed control over a database. For instance, you can build a company with [token|share]holders that no one controls -- a true cooperative. (full disclosure I work on this problem)
- maxencecornet 8y ago
  >have a separate name for programs using NoSQL too? Yeah, horrible legacy projects that are a pain in the ass to maintain Source: I am working on a legacy API based on a noSQL database with a very dumb design (because the data was relational of course) in a very large company
  - ythn 8y ago
    > Yeah, horrible legacy projects that are a pain in the ass to maintain How can a "legacy" project be using noSQL? In my company, "legacy" projects are projects that have been around for 10+ years. MongoDB hasn't even been out a full 10 years, yet...
    - maxencecornet 8y ago
      >How can a "legacy" project be using noSQL? A project doesn't need to be 10+ years old to be legacy. This API is 3y old, and was the first iteration, the v1, of the company's digital asset management API, it's only maintained for a few teams around the world, whereas the v2 is well crafted and has a way more logical datamodel Legacy != old
      - ythn 8y ago
        It's just weird when I read stuff like "Yeah, I've had to do a bunch of maintenance on our legacy webpack/Angular 2 system" because in my mind webpack and Angular 2 are still very recent technologies, just not recent compared to webpack 2/Angular 5
- andysomniac 8y ago
  "Web Scale"