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Jul 2020
28m 12s

3 Things That Shouldn't Be Normal in Dat...

Kendra Little
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Many people use entrenched processes for database development that have been in place so long that it's hard to imagine doing it any other way. In this episode, I share three things that should NOT be normal for database development-- but which are incredibly common. This episode is inspired by the book, "The Unicorn Project", by Gene Kim.

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