Re:They don't even know the fundamentals
by dan-robertson on Monday November 01, 2021 @08:39AM
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I think your comment is basically just reacting to the title or a snippet of the article and not really giving the OP due respect. For example transactions are clearly a part of the api for a SQL database so not having deep knowledge and not using transactions are not equivalent things.
I think the article also touches on the fact that when you look up the definition of ACID you get a rough description of the acronym and then a description of how it is mostly a marketing term and all the ways real systems can deviate from it. So really the deep knowledge is not so much what ACID means as what it doesn’t.
The article is basically complaining that knowing what ACID stands for is not really a fundamental and that knowing how to use a database is. So I don’t think you really disagree with the OP much either.
I think the article also touches on the fact that when you look up the definition of ACID you get a rough description of the acronym and then a description of how it is mostly a marketing term and all the ways real systems can deviate from it. So really the deep knowledge is not so much what ACID means as what it doesn’t.
The article is basically complaining that knowing what ACID stands for is not really a fundamental and that knowing how to use a database is. So I don’t think you really disagree with the OP much either.