The Duplicate Dilemma – When Tables Multiply
“Here’s our ‘users’ table.” – “Then what’s ‘USERS_COPY’?” – “Oh, just the same thing… again.”
🎤 Bonus Insight:
A table by any other name… might break your JOINs. Shadow tables like `*_COPY` often creep into production without anyone noticing—until your dashboard doubles every metric.
Real-world inspiration: A monthly report showed 2x growth. Turns out, it was just `users` joined with `users_copy`. Bravo.
✨ Reviewer’s Note:
“One table to rule them all. One copy to ruin it all.”
2 min silence for the pal who presented the report and faced the disaster
Haha, truly! That moment deserves both a rollback and a eulogy. Some copies should come with a warning label!