OP reply:
Whoa, thanks for all the insights! Didn’t realize how much normalized data could save *future* me from chaos.
Gonna try redesigning my side project’s DB with these tips—especially the indexing + caching combo.
Quick Q: Any gotchas when *transitioning* from denormalized to normalized? Like, should I expect downtime or weird edge cases?
(Also, Redis looks sick—def checking that out.)
Whoa, thanks for all the insights! Didn’t realize how much normalized data could save *future* me from chaos.
Gonna try redesigning my side project’s DB with these tips—especially the indexing + caching combo.
Quick Q: Any gotchas when *transitioning* from denormalized to normalized? Like, should I expect downtime or weird edge cases?
(Also, Redis looks sick—def checking that out.)