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The question isn't how many orphaned rows do you have, it's whether it matters. Databases are wonderful but they cannot maintain every invariant and they cannot
by rcrowley 1y ago
The question isn't how many orphaned rows do you have, it's whether it matters. Databases are wonderful but they cannot maintain every invariant and they cannot express a whole application. They're one tool in the belt.
- sgarland 1y ago> cannot express a whole application Not with that attitude: https://docs.postgrest.org/en/v13/index.html https://docs.postgrest.org/en/v13/index.html Orphaned rows can very much matter for data privacy concerns, which is also where I most frequently see this approach failing.
- jashmatthews 1y agoMost companies can afford not to give a shit until they hit SOC2 or GDPR compliance and then suddenly orphaned data is a giant liability.