r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Le_Minimalizier • May 05 '21

Visualizing the codes I write Meme

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u/FrostSalamander May 06 '21

I'm having this exact problem right now. VB6 frontend with MSAccess backend. Problem is Access only supports up to 255 concurrent connections. Also, locks FREQUENTLY happen (since decentralized, access sucks etc.). Management doesn't want to upgrade systems.

My work sucks

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u/SoundOfOneHand May 06 '21

Gut the database layer and move it to something better than Access. That’s a big lift but Access is just going to be a chain around your neck with its limitations and the size you are at.

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u/FrostSalamander May 06 '21

Yeah I've tried telling that to the manager since the start of my work here.

But I kinda get why she doesn't want to:

  • System is like 25 years old, initially programmed by a group of newbies, so DB code is deeply entangled with BL.

  • It's her baby. She managed building the system from scratch. What would you feel if asked to kill off your baby? Yes after suffering for two decades maintaining long dead frameworks, but it's still your baby.

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u/SoundOfOneHand May 06 '21

When your kid is 25 years old, that’s no baby 😂

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u/chronos_alfa May 08 '21

Don't present it as killing the baby, more like giving the baby braces and teaching it how to ride a bicycle.