Simplicity over Complexity
I don’t remember the first time someone called it “the magic mart,” but by the time I joined the team, the name had stuck. It was our crown jewel—a data mart built ten years ago, blessed and burdened by legacy wisdom, and surrounded by a reverent fog of mystery. No one could tell you exactly how it worked. But it worked. Mostly. And that, apparently, was enough. “Don’t touch the mart,” they’d say. “It’s been blessed.” ...