The term "leaky abstractions" has been around for a while. Coining it is most often attributed to Joel Spolsky, who wrote this often-cited article about it. I've now stumbled upon another interpretation of a leaky abstraction, measured by the depth of a stack trace: So, long stack traces are bad according to Geek & Poke. … Continue reading Deep Stack Traces Can be a Sign for Good Code Quality
Tag: ActiveJDBC
Database Abstraction and SQL Injection
I have subscribed to various user groups of jOOQ's competing database abstraction tools. One of which is ActiveJDBC, a Java implementation of Active Record design pattern. Its maintainer Igor Polevoy recently claimed that: SQL injection is a web application problem, and not directly related to an ORM. ActiveJDBC will process any SQL that is passed to it. … Continue reading Database Abstraction and SQL Injection