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("Data and Reality")[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1753248.Data_and_Reality https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1753248.Data_and_Reality] - despite its ag
by danielheath 4y ago
("Data and Reality")[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1753248.Data_and_Reality https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1753248.Data_and_Reality] - despite its age (written before SQL was mainstream) it remains a short, accessible read that lays out how to think about modeling an information schema, particularly where the same piece of information may be used in separate parts of the organisation.
- rrampage 4y agoIf reading Data and Reality, please read the 2nd edition [1] (the 3rd edition has a co-author who replaced half the stuff with his own "notes"). The 2nd edition is out of print but you can get a PDF here [2] [1] https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/why-you-should-read-data-and-reality/ https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/why-you-should-... [2] https://github.com/jhulick/bookstuff/blob/master/Data%20and%20Reality.pdf https://github.com/jhulick/bookstuff/blob/master/Data%20and%...