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I’ve noticed that Oracle APEX rarely comes up in developer discussions, especially compared to modern frameworks and cloud native stacks.

But in enterprise environments, it seems to handle data heavy applications, internal tools, and workflows surprisingly well, especially when paired with a solid database setup.

From what I’ve seen, it reduces a lot of the overhead you would normally have with full stack development while still being scalable if designed properly.

Curious to hear from others. Are people actually using APEX in production, or is it still considered niche?

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[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sorry mate I ain't touching anything with oracle in its name

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

Fine to continue using it if you have it, but you would have to be crazy to start using any of their stuff if starting from scratch!

[–] iamtherealwalrus@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Try not to get hired by any large company, otherwise you might find you need to change your mind.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

I’ve worked on a handful of large companies that did their damndest to never touch Oracle because of their licensing and reputation.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

My organization used Oracle when I started but eventually phased it out. Good move.

[–] esc@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago

I've worked in large companies that didn't use anything oracle, also worked in one that used oracle db and that's it, I think that oracle is pretty north america specific.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

My opinions will not change but i'd work on it for 200k a year

[–] Senal@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

The are plenty of large companies that don't use oracle.