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Date's demon
I’d like to introduce an idea of “Date’s demon” (named in honor of Chris Date). Postulating the existence of this imaginary being, we can describe some…
Oct 26
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Alexey Makhotkin
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Minimal Modeling and GenAI
Minimal model could be used as a source of high quality textual content to feed into your LLM.
Oct 2
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Alexey Makhotkin
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July 2024
Path dependence in relational design
Path dependence may be an important concern in relational table design.
Jul 2
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Alexey Makhotkin
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June 2024
Speaking at the Data Vault User Group 2024 Conference
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Jun 28
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Alexey Makhotkin
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Speaking at the Data Vault User Group 2024 Conference
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Two draft chapters for the book
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Jun 24
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Alexey Makhotkin
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Two draft chapters for the book
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April 2024
Modeling legal guardianship
Some notes on either/or/or in logical modeling.
Apr 3
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Alexey Makhotkin
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March 2024
"Documenting your database using Minimal Modeling" [video]
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Mar 24
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Alexey Makhotkin
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"Documenting your database using Minimal Modeling" [video]
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February 2024
Designing database for Google Calendar, drafts
In the past couple of months I’ve been working on a longer text called “Database Design for Google Calendar”.
Feb 18
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Alexey Makhotkin
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January 2024
Minimal Modeling: processes and deliverables
A diagram of Minimal Modeling: textual descriptions → logical model → physical database schema → logical model → narratives and diagrams.
Jan 9
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Alexey Makhotkin
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December 2023
Sentinel-free schemas: a thought experiment
We systematically design a database schema that does not use NULLs and sentinel values. We look at the consequences of this design decisions and provide…
Dec 20, 2023
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Alexey Makhotkin
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Sentinel-free schemas: a thought experiment
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Designing database for Google Calendar, pt. I
Here is the first post in new “Designing database for Google Calendar” series. We show how the method explained in the book works in practice, for a…
Dec 15, 2023
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Alexey Makhotkin
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November 2023
Many explanations of JOIN are wrong, and people get confused
Most common explanations of JOIN are incomplete and build the wrong mental model. As the result, people get confused. In this post we discuss the…
Nov 25, 2023
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