* Redo UI patterns (for old users): Only matter for on-boarding and compatibility, and probably need to redo the anti-patterns, not necessarily a good idea, or at least must be hold before the next:

* Define a much better internal model than excel has (I bet a mixture of relational, array model as core, then a reactive layer on top), including proper support for correct datatypes (not localized!), dates in all shapes, currency, commodities, unit of measure, etc, tables default as fixed type per column instead of free-form, then we have proper "variant" values, use algebraic types, and so on...

* Then redo the UI

* Define how import/export correctly (so not more non-sense about import based on localized dates, currencies...)

* ... and from legacy formats like Excel

P.D: I explore the idea on https://tablam.org and my goal is eventually marry what excel+access do in one app

Similar to :

    #[rust_abi]
    struct MustConform
    fn must_conform

And navigate links cause the same error. In general the issue is that composite types are not inferred correctly.

Is very sad because one of the best opportunities I have was directly from HN and was because I write a little comment!

I'm looking for opportunities working on system-level stuff like RDBMS and before I know that being remote and from Colombia the chance was low but from HN and such was possible, now with all of this look like the chance is zero.

At least, I have my own mini-ISV doing ERP-like apps, but for people entering this will become brutal.

Truth, I mean that were the humans that want to be LESS unbound, because why his future tyrant should? (this is the part that look less believable before to me like "who can be so stupid and / or evil?")

I make a special `textual DSL` where I model business scenarios like `Make a sale that include 3 invoices : 2 to different cities in country A in currency USD and other in country B in currency EUR` + all the intermediate steps like transportation, manufacturing, etc.

I`m now in the woods with a simplification for the price engine, I dislike much how complicated is normally, and I think I have good enough solution for most cases that generate without dynamic calculations.

Not super deeply but it does, and even in a way that at the time I find unbelievable (for evil side!) but today is not!:

The creator of the good machine struggle for long time with a major treat the machine present (this IA is more like old-school IA): It cares too much for his creator (to the point that basically find by his own accord the best girl for him!), to the point that the underlying terror what that for saving his creator the machine could destroy the world.

This is the main drive of the creator to reduce his ability to do so, keep communications at minimum, and learn to see the whole humanity with care.

The second drive was to care not just in the abstract of humanity and major problems like terrorism, but "minor" problems like murder (the gov only care for treats to national security) and this is huge late, because the bad IA is too focused on the greater good that means whole society engineering.

With the bad IA the problem is different: The humans WANT it become his dictator and ruler, they WANT that it takes over the world, and they WANT the IA is unbound of human morals and limits and if that means kill many to save the world so be it.

And the stressing point what that is not the opposite of the good IA, is a total different dimension that means was not easy for both IA to "talk about it". The good IA is individualist, politically neutral, minimal interventionist and all around respecting free will, the other was the wet dream of "enlighten philosopher with iron sword".

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Experienced across database engines, query processing, transactions, storage, performance optimization, ERP systems, and business applications. Driven to learn new domains quickly and choose the simplest effective architecture, tools, and paradigms for each problem.

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`sum(a:int, b:int)`

not guaranteed ANYTHING.

The gulf between how much correct Rust is and the vas majority of languages is HUGE.

Location: Medellín, Colombia · Remote: Yes · Willing to relocate: No

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Founder and principal engineer of a small ISV, with a long track record of owning complex systems end-to-end—from low-level design and implementation to production deployment and reliability.

Experienced across database engines, query processing, transactions, storage, performance optimization, ERP systems, and business applications. Driven to learn new domains quickly and choose the simplest effective architecture, tools, and paradigms for each problem.

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ERP systems built from scratch · eCommerce platforms built from scratch · Business applications

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Large companies exist, but pure software companies or with heavy side of it?

And then it moves to the orthogonal problem:

> SQL DB

(that in fact means: An app made for end users that are not trusted by default but really are somehow that is a improper implementation of the relational model and more improper developer platform, more like wordpress, and because is mostly deployed "networked" suddenly need to worry about remote access, that is totally not the main point of old Fox/dbase apps!)

And the funny things: SQL injection is not a problem with a Fox app (use of a stringy api is a MAJOR issue that lack of a permission model)

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As one that have long experience with FoxPro and try to revive the style, lets go to the core of the problem:

Imagine you say to a C developer:

"You can't use `fopen` and other filesystem APIs, because well you have access to to the whole filesystem"

Or even better, the user!:

"You should not own your own filesystem!"

The DB is like the filesystem, but not that dumb!

The permissions model is orthogonal. Maybe you (normal) filesystem is running on a networked deployment with access by spies with and other personal that should have top-notch security.

Or is just a embedded device.

WHAT DECIDE THE SECURITY MODEl?

The kind of storage?

Nope!

Is the deployment and use case.

Similarly, what decide the security of a database?, the fact is a "database"?

No!, that is ridiculous. If you need to layer some kind of access control or whatever, is outside of the kind of storage you choses.

In fact, see how Wonderfully could be all if the "filesystem" where an actual database and you can run relational queries on top: Millions of "cli utilities" suddenly are unnecessary, the user (and developers!) have more freedom and control, and your big corp with byzantine rules will be even more happy.

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P.D: I'm very well aware of the limitations of Fox, is ancient software! but the style of programming? Is like have a taste of start trek

P.D.2: And note that the vector attack described here is a fault of the dumb filesystem, actually!