There was an interesting topic on r/experienceddevs [1], where the dev team was arguing with some DBAs on adding another column. The DBA insisted on using FKs o

There was an interesting topic on r/experienceddevs [1], where the dev team was arguing with some DBAs on adding another column. The DBA insisted on using FKs over enum / application level logic, etc. The comments there present some excellent arguments on top of everything you said. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/18ldexi/wrestling_with_dbas_every_time_we_need_to_add_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/18ldexi/wr...