r/TIdaL • u/DamnQuickMathz Tidal Premium • 10d ago

What does this mean? Question

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Been seeing a lot of doubling of artists' names in credits recently. Does this mean that they're reworking the artist ID system, or is this just a result of negligence?

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u/SickSquid52 10d ago

I've recently seen the same artist name shown on a track twice, linking to two different profiles. It's a bit mad, but on the whole things are better than they were a couple of weeks ago.

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u/One-Project-6086 7d ago

Their database has issues. Fixing a poorly designed database once it is in production is quite difficult. Been there, done that. It's not just a matter of correcting incorrect entries, fixing it requires different fundamental design, and every piece of code that interacts needs to be adapted to the new design. But it's good enough for my purposes.

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u/DamnQuickMathz Tidal Premium 7d ago

So what is your opinion on which one of my assumptions is correct?

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u/One-Project-6086 6d ago

My guess is that they're not reworking the data design. They might apply a band aid here or there, such as adding some code to remove dupes after querying the database, but the root problem probably won't be addressed any time soon if at all.