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I worked as a software engineer for 30 years before being forced to use a database, and that was for a web site. I've been coding actively, daily, since the 70'
by bsenftner 6mo ago
I worked as a software engineer for 30 years before being forced to use a database, and that was for a web site. I've been coding actively, daily, since the 70's. Forever we just wrote proprietary files to disk, and that was the norm, for decades. Many a new developer can't even imagine writing their own proprietary file formats, the idea literally scares them. The engineers produced today are a shadow of what they used to be.
- anonymars 6mo agoYeah, it scares me because I'm experienced enough to know all the difficulties involved in keeping durable data consistent, correct, and performant
- vlapec 6mo ago>The engineers produced today are a shadow of what they used to be. …and it won’t get better anytime soon.
- pythonaut_16 6mo ago> we just wrote proprietary files to disk That alone is a terrible thing. Open formats are so much more user friendly
- andsoitis 6mo agoSo as CTO, would you recommend to developers of today to write proprietary files to disk instead of using a database? That would be quite gutsy!