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My operating theory is that in app centric development the data store is a component of the application. As a result, much of the metadata that changes data int
by adolph 4y ago
My operating theory is that in app centric development the data store is a component of the application. As a result, much of the metadata that changes data into information (data with meaning) is stored in app code and config. Upon ETL to reporting, warehouse, lake, or the like, the app’s semantic layer is lost.
- rektide 4y agoIt's a crying shame how little of the data-core makes it's way out of applications. For both the app's owning entity & especially for the users. I paid respects[1] recently yet again to Window Manager Improved Improved (wmii), which kept it's state in a 9p filesystem any user could easily browse & modify. The state is still a component of the app/window manager, but it's at least malleable to all. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35768686 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35768686