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Behold, the perfect metaphor for every "I'll fix it later" database design. That Polish town is what happens when junior devs store everything in one massive table—address, name, payment info, order history, favorite color, and probably their grandmother's maiden name too. Database normalization exists for a reason, folks. Without it, you're just cramming 6,000 entities onto a single street called "users_table_v2_FINAL_ACTUALLY_FINAL.sql" and wondering why your queries take longer than a Windows update.

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Database Administrator's definition of "smooth migration" = server is on fire but at least one user can still log in. The rest of the team doesn't need to know about the flaming wreckage of tables and indexes above. Just smile and say "yasss" when asked if everything's fine. We'll fix it in post-production.

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Client: "Our data is very organized and clean!" Developer: *receives a pile of crumbled chocolate cupcakes with random file formats scattered around* The expectation vs. reality gap in data handoffs is the tech world's greatest practical joke. Clients envision their data as this adorable, well-groomed dog cake with perfect frosting roses, while developers get what looks like someone dropped the cake in a parking lot and then tried to fix it with a spatula and blind optimism. And of course, they've sprinkled in some Excel, XML, TXT, and PDF files because why use one consistent format when you can use four incompatible ones? Nothing says "professional data management" like a digital version of a dessert crime scene.