I agree. But sometimes the obvious and simple solution is not the simplest one. Taking your example about the database: if your table is over 70 million rows an

I agree. But sometimes the obvious and simple solution is not the simplest one. Taking your example about the database: if your table is over 70 million rows and you are using Mysql < 5.6, trust me: it’s simpler to add an additional table than to run a migration on such a big table that will lock it on production.