I've seen unbelievable messes developed as sprawling stored procedures. And, no unit tests, since no one ever wants to test database logic, they just assume it's gold.
The same is true for the sprawling mess of Java interfaces and Factory patterns. Except now you have two sources of truth. Having worked with regulated clients and having to audit the entire stack it's much easier to to do with less code than more.
I've seen databases like that and similar teams that didn't take care with their change management.
Either way it's never pleasant to work with such systems.
I've seen databases like that and similar teams that didn't take care with their change management.
Either way it's never pleasant to work with such systems.