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How Small Database Mistakes Quietly Cause Big Failures
Two people booking the last seat simultaneously can oversell tickets if the database lacks locking. Adding a column to a 50-million-row table can lock the entire table for minutes, freezing the app. These small, easy-to-miss habits pile up and cause disasters under real traffic.
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The article's conversational format makes it accessible, but the underlying concurrency and schema migration issues are well-known—the real challenge is getting teams to consistently apply these safeguards.
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