Re:Stop building databases
by holoduke on Saturday December 02, 2023 @08:27AM
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If you run into issues with non nullable types and missing of real data structures then i guess you dont get the purpose of SQL and its tech. Its a query language to retreive data. thats the only purpose. With under the hood a crafty machine that enables atomic principles and depending on the sql tech other different functionalities like scalability and more..
No Libraries? There are a zillion battle tested libs out there. Some are used by companies like Paypal, SpaceX, Tiktok, youtube, Gmail and many more.
And why you would unit test datasets in a database? You normally use mocks to test against your data layer. Most if not all software stacks have mock libs available.
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> If you run into issues with non nullable types and missing of real data structures then i guess you dont get the purpose of SQL and its tech. Its a query language to retreive data. thats the only purpose.
That's no excuse for making it bad.
> No Libraries? There are a zillion battle tested libs out there.
Not in SQL.
> And why you would unit test datasets in a database?
For the same reason as anywhere else.
> Most if not all software stacks have mock libs available.
Exactly. They're a basic piece of functionality you'd expect most languages to provide, but not SQL, because it's awful.