NYCPHP Meetup

[Allen Shaw]

inforequest wrote:

>I guess I am just underlining that the initial question of modeling data 
>vs. modeling system or application requirements does not always 
>encompass database design. In my experience, one must always consider 
>the platform and the application from the start, and almost always 
>re-design the database around platform factors known later. Yeah, lots 
>of "extra work".
>
>One plus for agile software development http://agilemanifesto.org/ and 
>an underline of the value of "ben there, done that".
>  
>
Great link, and all in all this whole discussion is very helpful -- I've 
been way gone on normalization and never really considered the impact 
that it could have on my apps.

- Allen

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Allen Shaw
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