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I find it amusing that you classify a SQL database running on a Unix box as simple and unchanged in decades. Databases are some of the most complex pieces of so
by adrianN 2mo ago
I find it amusing that you classify a SQL database running on a Unix box as simple and unchanged in decades. Databases are some of the most complex pieces of software we regularly use and subject to highly active research. The operating systems running them and the hardware running those of course too.
- ErroneousBosh 1mo agoFrom the point of view of you the database user, you the guy that sets up the database, that creates the SQL, that does "sudo apt install postgres", it's simple. Could you repair the little Briggs and Stratton in your lawnmower? Almost certainly. You can easily hold a mental model of how it all works in your mind, and diagnose and repair any fault. Could you actually design such an engine? Where would you start?