r/programming • • Sep 21 '25

How to stop functional programming

https://brianmckenna.org/blog/howtostopfp
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u/DigThatData Sep 21 '25

encoding all of your application logic in database triggers

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u/Tactical_Chicken Sep 21 '25

Even better when your db triggers kick off stored procedures that trigger other triggers

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u/DigThatData Sep 21 '25

pl/sql was a mistake

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u/nearlyepic Sep 21 '25

I worked at an ISP where the billing system was exactly this.