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tx on July 17, 2007 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rails' Ridiculous Restrictions, a Rant

Notice how DB-centric that guy is. That is exactly why I disguise SQL-servers and prefer to keep everything (well... as much as possible) written in one language (Ruby) and this is precisely what Rails is good at.

DB performs two very-very boring actions: it only stores and retreives data for you. Definitely not the most exciting things a software hacker dreams of. One very smart guy once called all databases "toilets where we keep our @#it, I prefer less primitive activities".

Rails tries as much as possible to relief a programmer from this repetitive #@it-taking exercise.

sbraford on July 17, 2007 [–]

OT: yeah, but have you ever passed a really, really large one?

For a few seconds there, you think you're about to meet your maker.

spiralhead on July 17, 2007 | [–]

I think you could use some fiber in your diet (am I supposed to include some sort of programming metaphor?).

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