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		butlerm on Nov 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rules of schema growth (2017) There are few things more important than comprehensive and up to date database documentation. Otherwise you don't even know what your data means. An organization that cannot produce documentation like that is somewhere between amateurish and waiting for a disaster to happen, unfortunately.

BWStearns on Nov 1, 2023 [–]

I don’t really know how to screen for that before joining a company but I’d say 20% of companies seem to be at that point.

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