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Re:Making Database Systems Usable by flowerlad on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @05:41PM (#41304372)
> Users cannot interact with the database directly

It is not super hard to find UI designed for end users, these days.

If you know the basics such as what a relational database is, then here’s is a good UI: https://visualdb.com

Re:Making Database Systems Usable by minkles on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @06:29PM (#41304764)
People have forgotten we had this back in 1997 with MS Access.

I built a whole ERP system with it, single handedly including the hardware, software, networking and the workstation deployments without really breaking a sweat. We have gone off the rails somewhere.

Re:Making Database Systems Usable by flowerlad on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @06:45PM (#41304862)
Right but Access is outdated. Microsoft tried to make a web version of Access, but gave up. Now they recommend Power Apps but it’s support for databases is pretty weak.
Re:Making Database Systems Usable by minkles on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @08:10AM (#41309458)
It still works and it doesn't matter. Only the problem solved matters.
Re:Making Database Systems Usable by yunolearn on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @12:25PM (#41311765)
It's old so it's bad?
Re:Making Database Systems Usable by flowerlad on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @12:59PM (#41312117)
For starters it is not web-based, does not work on Mac, does not support LLM query generation, etc.