Sorry Db, Performance Trumps Purity

Sorry Db, Performance Trumps Purity
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The internal monologue of every database architect: "I spent years learning normalization principles, carefully crafting elegant table relationships... and now I'm denormalizing everything because some product manager needs the dashboard to load 0.3 seconds faster." The database gods weep silently as you create that redundant column, knowing full well you're trading future data integrity for a temporary performance boost. It's like watching your beautiful architectural masterpiece get a fast food drive-thru bolted onto the side.

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