Roger Hosto
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Sep 30, 2026 · Databases Administration
The Silent Performance Killer: How Lazy Data Types Sabotage Your Database
We have all been there. You are scaffolding a new feature, the data model is in flux, and you need to store a fast status flag or an identifier. Instead …