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Any program that uses a database has a very similar problem to global variables. As Gilad Bracha has pointed out, types are antimodular, and your database sche

by js8 2y ago

Any program that uses a database has a very similar problem to global variables. As Gilad Bracha has pointed out, types are antimodular, and your database schema can be considered one giant type that pervades your program, just like globals can be. I don't think we have tools to compositionally solve this, across different programming languages.

cauefcr 2y ago
Migrations? Generate bindings for your queries automatically with query+schema definitions? (sqlc)
nejsjsjsbsb 2y ago
Your program is also one giant type.
- js8 2y ago
  Yeah but I don't use that type in 100s of places.