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Author here. > Fast forward almost a decade If your system lasted a decade, that's a success, and any startup that just started would love to be in your shoes. > management still d…

Author here. > every change to your database will break your client unless they are updated simultaneously every time (impossible for mobile apps) You can just put up a UI forcing …

Author here. The article says "build a backend API when it has something to do, not as a pass through to your database."

Author here. It's good to see a considered response, rather than the typical knee-jerk reactions common on Internet forums including HN.

In this case, I wouldn't disagree with you if you were to do it on the backend. The article says, "build a backend API when it has something to do, not as a pass through to your da…

Author here. > Your DB is likely to contain internal state that has no business being sent to the client. Which is why not all tables need to be sent to the client. The post gives …

Author here. > This article doesn't use the word "permission" or "validation" The article talks about it multiple times: using a database user account with limited privledges, expo…

Author here: > 1. You can't trust the front end. Backends must be written assuming that every call from the front end is malicious. This is already taken care of in the proposal, b…

Not the parent, but I read the book, and the principles have become so common nowadays that I never really had a wow moment. It was more like "Yeah, this guy is telling me things I…

8 vs 11 is too small a sample size to say either way. It may very well be that a couple of these startups succeeded due to their business model / luck / sector / whatever which wou…

> the idea that the highest rated films and shows on IMDB represent the "best" of the mediums is kinda silly. OP here. If you have a better source, use it. Which source is the best…