Worst thing with databases. Used to quote to my interns, “No spooky action at a distance” logic has to be in front of you and in git. Anything else is a recipe for bugs and undetectable errors.

Yeah, if I heard a junior dev say that in earshot I’ll be pulling them into a room for the list-of-reasons-that’s-dumb. Even the AI code assistants would directly say it’s not advisable.