I think you misunderstood my comment. I have heard developers dismiss normalization as a theoretical concern. It’s not. Normalizing prevents update anomalies, f

I think you misunderstood my comment. I have heard developers dismiss normalization as a theoretical concern. It’s not. Normalizing prevents update anomalies, for one thing. That’s not the same as “data corruption.” In my experience most software developers don’t spend years studying theory. They spend hours studying buzzwords and fads.