As a hardcore c++ guy, I recently switched to a company heavily into databases. I never had contact to databases before. And I'd like to go one step further: Why databases?
I come from an industry that heavily uses custom binary file formats. And I'm still bewildered by the world of databases. They seem to solve many issues on the surface, but not really in pratice. The heavy limitations on data types, the update disasters, the incompatibility between different SQL engines etc all make it seem like an awful idea. I get the interop benefits, and maybe with extreme data volumes. But for anything else, what's the point? Genuinely asking
I come from an industry that heavily uses custom binary file formats. And I'm still bewildered by the world of databases. They seem to solve many issues on the surface, but not really in pratice. The heavy limitations on data types, the update disasters, the incompatibility between different SQL engines etc all make it seem like an awful idea. I get the interop benefits, and maybe with extreme data volumes. But for anything else, what's the point? Genuinely asking