[storm] some questions about Storm (from the perspective of Grok)

[Tres Seaver]

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Stuart Bishop wrote:
> Martijn Faassen wrote:
> 
>> So now we have a nice pro and con picture. We should record this stuff 
>> somewhere. Maybe a blog entry?
> 
> Nobody mentioned integration with DBAs. You should hear the rants I've heard
> about Ruby on Rails for instance - if the core product does schema
> generation it is is earmarked as 'for noddy applications only' and will be
> vetoed in many larger shops, because the applications need to integrate with
> existing databases and the last thing the DBAs want is some developer making
> use of the schema generation features and then expecting the DBA to somehow
> mesh it with the rest of the systems.
> 
> So if anyone wants to work on it, please keep it as a separate product and
> keep Storm core clean.

+sys.maxint

Generated schemas are for toy applications:  real world applications
need to have the schema designed.  Maybe someday the generators will
have enough zen to do better tham the humans (as with compiler-generated
object code vs. hand-assembled), but that doy is a *long* way out right now.



Tres.
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