The Blair Witch (DB) Project

The Blair Witch (DB) Project

What do Freddy Krueger, Chucky, and bad DB design have in common?
They all can keep you up at night!

Designing is one of the most crucial stages of the software development process and a good DB architecture is one of the keys to good quality systems.
Unfortunately, bad decisions made at the database design stage can have a very negative impact on the performance and management of the system and in extreme cases, it’s a real horror to handle.

These errors are enormously costly – fixing is very time-consuming and often requires refactoring and redesigning a large part of the system. The good news is that with some planning and thinking, these real horror cases can be avoided and a good design can be a solid base for our software.

In the session, we will investigate some of these extreme cases and their impact on the system, and hopefully, just like most horror movies, we’ll manage to beat the monsters.

About Monika

Monika is an experienced Oracle architect, designer, and developer. She has started her journey with Oracle in the last century with Oracle DB 7, continues to this day.

She emphasizes the solution’s simplicity, code quality, best practices, and above all – system performance.She is an Oracle Ace and willingly shares her experience. She loves fast motorcycles and databases!