// Hacker Noon · 13 January 2026

When Proper Database Design Kills Startups

Senior engineers kill startups by applying enterprise database practices to Complex domains. Traditional normalization assumes stable requirements and migration infrastructure, but startups have neither. Instead of spreading domains across dozens of tables, use aggregate thinking: model business ent...

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