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> Reporting and bi data might get hosed. > Account management might get hosed. LOL, if I read the data directly from the db instead of via the application's A
by LaGrange 7y ago
> Reporting and bi data might get hosed.
> Account management might get hosed.
LOL, if I read the data directly from the db instead of via the application's API then sure, I lose the application's guarantees. But, y'know, same might be said if I just go and read the DBs files from a sidecar shell script or something.
> It puts all applications on top into a undefined state
...that's just an assumption that's false.
- spookthesunset 7y agoIf you want to operate assuming your data is always corrupt because your engineers don't understand how to use the tools provided by their database.... Seems like an awful lot of work to re-invent a wheel that your DB server can solve for you. I guess that is on you though....
- LaGrange 7y ago> If you want to operate assuming your data is always corrupt It is not, though, no matter how much you keep shouting it is. > because your engineers don't understand how to use the tools provided by their database.... ...I'd be careful waving accusations of incompetence if I were you, it's not me or my coworkers declaring databases to be black magic. > Seems like an awful lot of work to re-invent a wheel that your DB server can solve for you. ...try to run a car company without reinventing the wheel every few years, I dare you. > I guess that is on you though.... OK boomer.