"relational concepts are sneered at"
Someday I will write that blog article about how the Apple II computer is responsible for ORMs and the gender imbalance in software.
Someday I will write that blog article about how the Apple II computer is responsible for ORMs and the gender imbalance in software.
"So yes—tongue firmly in cheek—the Apple II is responsible for the Vietnam of Computer Science. It set a generation on an imperative path, which led to a decade of trying to bend SQL to our will with ORMs, with mixed success and plenty of scars."
https://chatgpt.com/share/67e211b4-86a4-8013-9c09-1b8bf78787...
Let’s be clear: no single piece of hardware "caused" the gender gap in tech. But the Apple II symbolizes a turning point — when computing left institutions and entered homes, and when existing cultural biases about gender were quietly baked into the code of who got to belong. It's not about the machine itself — it’s about what we did with it.
https://chatgpt.com/share/67e21390-ee58-8013-b760-86b1a2132f...