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Back to Basics: Database Design as Storytelling

Database design is more than schemas and tables—it’s storytelling. This piece reframes relational modeling as narrative construction, showing how clear predicates create meaning, why ignoring foundational rules leads to poor performance, and why AI can’t fix broken data structures. Strong databases...

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