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> ...and this explains why database designs are what they are. You mean good enough?

• oriolid 4y ago
  Good enough as in constant burden but not bad enough to fail the whole project.
  • simplotek 4y ago
    > Good enough as in constant burden Are they, though? Or are you just trying to put up a strawman? Because I assure you plenty of highly reliable infrastructure is running 24-7 without the faintest concern over normalization.
    • oriolid 4y ago
      > Or are you just trying to put up a strawman? Writing from personal experience. I can also assure you that a lot of this highly reliable infrastructure works only because a lot of tears and cursing that could have avoided if the designers had any idea what they were doing.