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by loup-vaillant 4860 days ago
> Most enterprise systems start off with requirements similar to those you think of with a database - a lot of data with high expectations of performance.

Not where I work.

And even then, this is no excuse to stick to a zeroth order heuristic, and make big programs every time. Some systems can be cleanly separated in simple components. Failing to see that is a waste.