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> How many database programmers do you know who ever did anything involving relational algebra when creating or tuning up a database?

...and this explains why database designs are what they are. It's also why you don't learn SQL and if you do you never admit it: It condemns you to a lifetime of maintaining CRUDs written by people who don't understand relational algebra.

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> ...and this explains why database designs are what they are.

You mean good enough?

Good enough as in constant burden but not bad enough to fail the whole project.

> Good enough as in constant burden

Are they, though? Or are you just trying to put up a strawman?

Because I assure you plenty of highly reliable infrastructure is running 24-7 without the faintest concern over normalization.

> Or are you just trying to put up a strawman?

Writing from personal experience. I can also assure you that a lot of this highly reliable infrastructure works only because a lot of tears and cursing that could have avoided if the designers had any idea what they were doing.

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