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MisterArie
7y

I just had a client complaining on the phone that she read my database design documents and that they are all wrong and need to be done again. Because things like varchar and int are confusing. And nobody understands what they mean. She asked around and nobody understood it.

Ooh, and I should place the customer name in more then one table because it would be handy to have in several places.

Spend a hour on the phone trying to explain that these documents are not intended for her. They are not for her to understand.

I make these documents to build a stable product and in case something bad happens to me its easier to pick up for another developer.

Long story short.. I'm currently making a document that explains the database design... Getting paid for it..... But fucking hell. Somebody save me.

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clients from hell

not sure what to do
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  • 25
    7y
    @TktStatusPICNIC she is not going to be using the database.

    She is going to use the web app. She wants me to remove all the database normalisations because its harder to read this way.
  • 1
    7y
    @TktStatusPICNIC Yes :) exactly that.
  • 5
    7y
    I feel your pain! Have a ++ for the headache..
  • 3
    7y
    @TktStatusPICNIC I think she is just trying to make more money. Trying to hoard more billable hours.

    Its several companies working together. And its not her company thats paying.
  • 3
    7y
    In the real world DB normalization is not the primary concern. When a DB is denormalized correctly you get a performance boost for which you pay in space and duplication.

    I love it when a non-tech manager tries to slick his nose where it doesn't belong though
  • 7
    7y
    Maybe she didn't get laid for long time. Just saying, people go retarded without sex.
  • 12
    7y
    @PoweredByCoffee you just called retarded a lot of devranters :D
  • 0
    7y
    @nocgod Unless you have a db that contains many denormalized tables with millions of rows and some idiot creates a couple hundred indexes on literally every table to make poorly performing queries fast. Then a normalized version of the same db performs way better. But hey, the db was 'designed' by an idiot who considered himself to be even more skilled than a sql server dba. It was fun though to see him suffer.
  • 2
    7y
    What are these varchar and ints?!?Never heard of em!

    </sarcasm>
  • 2
    7y
    @Digioso I almost gave you a -1 for closing a tag you didn't open.

    It itches..
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