I consult for large bureaucracies where this kind of thing is occasionally enforced. There’s nothing more fun than a carefully thought out cohesive design that

I consult for large bureaucracies where this kind of thing is occasionally enforced. There’s nothing more fun than a carefully thought out cohesive design that takes into account all business and technical constraints being randomly “improved” by a too-busy senior manager who’s been “off the tools” for decades. “You should switch to NoSQL.” — a nearly verbatim quote from a meeting just last week. No justification or elaboration, just… abandon a relational database platform with two decades of built up business value on a whim. “Rejoice! For you have been managed!”