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0 pointsSoftTalker2y ago0 comments

> you could easily end up with bugs that only show up when the transaction isolation level changes from how you tested it.

In fact it's very likely you would. You have to understand the transaction semantics and test with all the isolation levels and database platforms you intend to support. If you don't know this, you need to learn more about relational databases before building a product on top of them.

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JoshuaDavid2y ago

> If you don't know this, you need to learn more about relational databases before building a product on top of them.

And now extend this principle to everything in the stack.

smy200112y ago

You should at least have some basic ideas about your stack.

JoshuaDavid2y ago

Agreed. But also if you suddenly find that the precise behavior of one of the parts of your stack matters, you would be well advised to search the internet about how exactly that bit works in practice and whether there are any nonobvious footguns in addition to your empirical testing and the stuff that the manual claims is true.

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0 pointsSoftTalker2y ago0 comments

> you could easily end up with bugs that only show up when the transaction isolation level changes from how you tested it.

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JoshuaDavid2y ago

> If you don't know this, you need to learn more about relational databases before building a product on top of them.

And now extend this principle to everything in the stack.

smy200112y ago

You should at least have some basic ideas about your stack.

JoshuaDavid2y ago

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