ℵ₀ Countable Debt
Known and manageable complexity
Missing Indexes on Frequently Queried Columns
Failing to create indexes on columns used in WHERE clauses, JOIN conditions, or ORDER BY statements, causing full table scans that degrade exponential...
Insufficient Integer Size for Growth
Using 32-bit integers for auto-incrementing primary keys or counters that will exceed 2.14 billion, causing complete write failures when the limit is ...
Non-Atomic Schema Migrations
Deploying schema changes and application code simultaneously without backward compatibility, creating windows where the system is in an inconsistent s...
JSON Blob Misuse in Relational Database
Storing significant structured data as JSON blobs inside relational database tables instead of using proper columns and relationships. While modern da...
Insufficient Security Isolation in Schema
Schema designs that fail to isolate high-value or sensitive data from less critical data, creating single points of failure where compromise of one co...