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by twic 905 days ago
> It’s really hard, in my experience, to come across the existing name for something while you’re still figuring out all the angles of a problem for yourself.

Absolutely! Discoverability is a huge challenge. There is so much amazing work that's been done in the past that is virtually impossible to find out about.

I only know this stuff because I was working with databases fifteen years ago and an older colleague encouraged to me to learn more about it.