Every time I start exploring data in SQL I ask myself again why we bother with so many abstractions on top of it. SQL is rad, actually.
Avdi Grimm, Code Cleric
Every time I start exploring data in SQL I ask myself again why we bother with so many abstractions on top of it. SQL is rad, actually.
@avdi It is! But the abstractions often add composability, which is incredibly valuable and which the base language is sorely missing.
@avdi s/ex/abs/ ?
@avdi recently did a project with sequel and it dances really close to sql while also giving me the chance to type less
@avdi SQL is definitely good for exploring data and getting very specific answers/optimized reports. But when I write apps I want pretty simple answers that I (usually) don’t have to think about the syntax to obtain. Scopes are my jam: think once, use N ways.