A'ight younglings... Actually... You know what it might be the olds that need to hear this...
If you're dealing with monies... STORE EACH CHANGE TO THE VALUE OF THE MONIES.
THE AGGREGATE IS NOT ENOUGH.
Why do we store historical information?
I'll wait.
...
That's right, very good, for when something goes _WRONG_.
If the only thing you've stored is the aggregate... The _only_ thing you'll know is that you're wrong. You won't know _why_ and it won't be discoverable.
#software #development
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