Comment by oliviergg

The code is meant for humans, and in my view, the database is not really for humans. There are plenty of tools in IDEs that transform code into a 'database,' and in 20 years I've never really needed to use them on a daily basis. Except for getting familiar with legacy code, and even then to create a mental map, the database seems like overkill to me. That said, I should note that I've primarily worked on startup or business codebases, not FAANG or equivalent ones.

Edit : Reformulation because I was voted down : Why change the storage format if the IDE already manage it ? And I add, For storing in database, you have to think about the granularity of your data. and it rapdily become the line, if not the character. Working daily with code stored in database, (salesforce), where the granularity is the class, is really anigthmare from a Content Version point of view.