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0 pointsDidYaWipe11mo ago0 comments

Who said anything about forcing? I asked what the value of Supabase's most highly-touted features are, when they CATER TO the movement of such things as query logic to the front end. What else are you doing with an auto-generated RESTful HTTP "API" to the database?

I also didn't mention security, let alone promote moving it to the front end.

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whstl11mo ago

You are the one mentioning “Why would I hard-code query logic into my client application?”

The answer is: you wouldn’t. That’s not the point of any of those tools.

DidYaWipeOP11mo ago

Yep, I'm the one. And the question stands.

What is the point of an auto-generated HTTP API to the database, if not to let clients formulate queries? And why would you do that?

whstl11mo ago

PostgREST creates the same type of CRUD endpoint that one would create when writing a traditional backend with an (eg) MVC framework, and it does this without requiring a developer and with complete consistency.

If "letting the client formulate queries" you mean "filter posts by DidYaWipe, sorting by date", this is also what traditional CRUD backends do.

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0 pointsDidYaWipe11mo ago0 comments

I also didn't mention security, let alone promote moving it to the front end.

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whstl11mo ago

You are the one mentioning “Why would I hard-code query logic into my client application?”

The answer is: you wouldn’t. That’s not the point of any of those tools.

DidYaWipeOP11mo ago

Yep, I'm the one. And the question stands.

What is the point of an auto-generated HTTP API to the database, if not to let clients formulate queries? And why would you do that?

whstl11mo ago

If "letting the client formulate queries" you mean "filter posts by DidYaWipe, sorting by date", this is also what traditional CRUD backends do.

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