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by Falkon1313 3624 days ago
1. been there, done that. 2. been there, done that. 3. Considered that in a case where multiple systems were hitting the same database but doing inconsistent things - putting the logic in the database would at least make it consistent, but went with REST API instead to solve the problems.

I'm not entirely against code reuse, sure, reuse bits like visual interface if they fit, but the idea that it can solve everything by just sticking existing bits together is a false lead. It takes much longer than expected and it makes an unmaintainable mess.