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Google Mangle — What it is, why it matters, and how it changes deductive database programming
Consider inheriting an engineering team’s internal JSON dump, two APIs, and three spreadsheets that all describe customers but disagree on what constitutes a “customer.” You need to know which clients have received refunds on a regular basis. Which accounts are consistent across systems? Conventional SQL joins seem awkward, and glue code quickly becomes disorganized.…