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Built to write, built to read
One set of facts, two shapes: one built to write each award, one built to read ten years of them.
Topics › Data modelling › From words to data
Many ways to read: a normalised core, a data vault, stars and wide tables
Four engineers argue for four shapes, while credentials from a new source wait to be added. The film follows them through each job, integrating, presenting and serving, and puts each shape in its place on the platform.
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Watch the film
Press Play, or pick a chapter. Turn on Pause and think to stop for one question at the end of chapters.
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Where next?
You've seen a shape for each job, and where each lives. Now try it yourself.
Think it through
The four Pause and think questions, for a class or a team. Open one to see the answer.
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Both at once
One database that writes and reads. It removes the copy, not the model.