Robert Roskam on Nostr: Do virtually all abstractions leak? I recently watched a talk on how SQL leaks as an ...
Do virtually all abstractions leak?
I recently watched a talk on how SQL leaks as an abstraction eventually. The speaker gave as an example the query planner. Spending enough time around SQL, you eventually need to run an explain to figure out what it's doing and why it's slow.
I think SQL in general does not leak too badly. So that it does eventually is fine.
What abstractions can you think of that encapsulate the complexity better?
I recently watched a talk on how SQL leaks as an abstraction eventually. The speaker gave as an example the query planner. Spending enough time around SQL, you eventually need to run an explain to figure out what it's doing and why it's slow.
I think SQL in general does not leak too badly. So that it does eventually is fine.
What abstractions can you think of that encapsulate the complexity better?