Fair, but one of the big benefits of normalization was the benefit on storage and memory back in the day which was tiny comparatively.
There's always a reason for a dev to ship something shitty but when you show you can use 80% less storage for the same operation you can make the accountants your lever.
There's always a reason for a dev to ship something shitty but when you show you can use 80% less storage for the same operation you can make the accountants your lever.