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Jay

Software being fast is not a selling point if it's not also correct.

Lots of software is really good at doing the wrong thing extremely efficiently.

Séimí Mac Síomón 4mo ago

Are you talking about Amethyst?

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Jay 4mo ago

No just generally. My disdain for software developers isn't constrained to Nostr

Séimí Mac Síomón 4mo ago

Oh, okay. Yh I agree.

Jay 4mo ago

Like SQL databases for example.

In order to store data in a SQL database efficiently, you have to mangle it beyond the point of recognition. The data ends up all wrong and jumbled, but hey, it's fast.

the axiom 4mo ago

what do you mean by mangling? the user has to mangle it? or the database does it?

Jay 4mo ago

You take any useful data in the world, and your first thought for organizing it isn't in tables.

It's the process of taking organic data and forcing it into tables that is, in my opinion, mangling.

the axiom 4mo ago

oh, I see

yes, I definitely agree with that

tables are a very ugly abstraction

Séimí Mac Síomón 4mo ago

That's fucked up man, I didn't know that.

SQL is structured query language right?

a source familiar with the matter 4mo ago

Some people say that

When I was learning SQL my textbook told me it didn't stand for anything in particular

Also, yes, it's a computer language that deals with databases

Jay 4mo ago

Yes, but I wouldn't take my take too seriously. I just have strong views on data modelling.

Diacone Frost 4mo ago

mangling? how dare you. it's called nOrMAl1zation.

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Jay 4mo ago