This is a common everyday story with NoSQL databases these days. One document/table format with 100's of fields like col1, col2, col3... so that they can stuff

This is a common everyday story with NoSQL databases these days. One document/table format with 100's of fields like col1, col2, col3... so that they can stuff in whatever they want without having to think through schema design. If you try to confront it, they label you as outdated programmer from the 90's. NoSQL sort of legitimized these kind of bad practices. I've seen those sort of things all over the place in every NoSQL project I've ever worked on.