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FWIW, maybe the approach in this case is traditional normalization to get the product out the door. When it becomes untenable, hire someone for whom star schema
by mwsherman 12y ago
FWIW, maybe the approach in this case is traditional normalization to get the product out the door. When it becomes untenable, hire someone for whom star schemas are boring.
Put another way, the star schema was known to be a better approach only after the fact. Had your team researched “exotic” (unfamiliar) approaches early on, there is no guarantee you would have landed on a star schema.
- woah 12y agoEehhh... I knew about star schemas already, although I've never used one. I do think my cursory knowledge would have caused me to research them when starting a project like that though. Obviously it's all got to be a balance, but I think that the OP is probably a little bit too conservative. Especially if you are working for other people, we are paid to innovate, and we are paid to learn stuff until it is boring. We've got to stick up for ourselves and learn on the job when we can. One new thing a project sounds great to me.