PostgreSQL 11 Released

Re:PostgreSQL 11 Released by pizza234 on Thursday October 18, 2018 @10:45AM (#18248704)

  Often they'll aim for video games or something like that 
  but I often warn them that it might not be nearly as cool 
  as they imagine. You're more likely to end up scripting 
  crappy menu systems than being the next Carmack.

Interestingly, Carmack himself said if he wouldn't write videogames, he would work on databases. I can't find the exact quote, but here's a similar reference:

  I enjoy lots of different areas of it [programming]...
  I'm taking a great deal of enjoyment writing device
  drivers for Linux. I could also be having a good time 
  writing a database manager or something because there
  are always interesting problems.

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Re:PostgreSQL 11 Released by Twisell on Thursday October 18, 2018 @05:00PM (#18252073)

And I recently had mindblowing moment when I realized that Civilization VI is heavily SQL based. I didn’t have time to dive into it but the Graphical UI is basically an interface to visualize and update a database.

Seems afterwards quite logical and clever considering the turn based gameplay.

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Re:PostgreSQL 11 Released by abledon on Thursday October 18, 2018 @07:30PM (#18253222)

Now just design a civ style game with sql command-line interface but fancy autocomplete bright warcarft3 colors and a fun storyline . Have a generation of gamers learn sql

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