That sounds like operator error to me. If you (the general "you") use a database in production without knowing what sorts of maintenance it requires, that's nei

That sounds like operator error to me. If you (the general "you") use a database in production without knowing what sorts of maintenance it requires, that's neither the database's nor its authors' fault. I guess you could argue the tool is somehow "flawed" for needing maintenance. I'd counter with the invitation to show me tools that don't.