[-] Aijan@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

Perhaps I was unclear. What I meant to say is that, whenever possible, we shouldn't have multiple versions of a field, especially when there is no corresponding plaintext password field in the database, as is the case here.

[-] Aijan@programming.dev 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Thanks for the tip. password.trim() can indeed be problematic. I just removed that line.

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[-] Aijan@programming.dev 7 points 6 months ago

Seriously, why the negative tone? If I've offended you, I'm sorry. You might think that I'm wasting time, but there are multiple ways to skin a cat. I prefer not to use DEB packages for deployment, though others might.

[-] Aijan@programming.dev 4 points 6 months ago

Cleanup can be as simple as deleting the latest deployment directory, if the script gets that far. The article is about using built-in Linux tools for 'easy' application deployments. One can also use dedicated tools, as you suggested, to further automate the deployment process.

[-] Aijan@programming.dev 9 points 6 months ago

Author here. In case it’s not clear, this article isn't about installing Linux packages; it's about deploying multiple versions of software to development and production environments.

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[-] Aijan@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Author here. My blog is also generated with Hugo, and it's great. I just prefer not to generate HTML and CSS from JavaScript unless it's necessary.

Sorry, I haven’t seen that movie. Thanks for the recommendation though.

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[-] Aijan@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That idea crossed my mind too, but you can’t really use the full capabilities of SQL in graph databases, and that’s a deal breaker for me.

[-] Aijan@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

There's certainly the danger of creating too many ad-hoc or sparse relationships, which can cause issues. That said, when used for supplementing foreign keys, Tie-in can be a useful tool in a production system as well.

[-] Aijan@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, that's correct. Here's how an entry in the join table looks like:

{
  "id": 6,
  "sourceComp": "user",
  "sourceId": 2,
  "targetComp": "post",
  "targetId": 3,
  "type": "author",
  "createdAt": "2024-03-28T13:28:59.175Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-03-28T13:28:59.175Z"
}
[-] Aijan@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

AFAIK, no NoSQL database fully supports SQL, and only some offer support for transactions and joins. The idea here is to augment a relational database by adding capabilities for dynamic relationships.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Aijan@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

In a relational database, foreign keys are normally used to associate records stored in different tables, but wouldn’t it be nice to define relationships dynamically without having to add extra columns or tables? And while we’re at it, how about having sparse relationships by associating a record directly with any other record like “post X was last edited by user #123” or “post X was flagged for review by user #456” (who happens to be a moderator)?

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[-] Aijan@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

You're welcome.

[-] Aijan@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

That idea crossed my mind too. AFAIK, you can't really use SQL in graph databases, and that's a deal breaker for me.

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