How Database Soft Deletes Cause Silent Data Corruption

Episode 91 of Database Tech with Fexingo: SQL, NoSQL, and Data Storage Conversations digs into the hidden costs of soft deletes. Lucas and Luna walk through a real-world case from a mid-2026 e-commerce outage where an `is_deleted` flag caused referential integrity violations, blew up query plans, and silently corrupted financial reports. They explain why soft deletes break unique constraints, how they cascade into index bloat, and offer three concrete alternatives: hard deletes with audit logs, tombstone tables, and time-to-live columns. No theory — just engineering lessons from a production meltdown. Perfect for backend engineers, database administrators, and anyone who has ever created an `is_deleted` column and regretted it. #SoftDeletes #DatabaseDesign #SQL #DataIntegrity #Performance #IndexBloat #ECommerce #BackendEngineering #DatabaseAdministration #QueryPerformance #SchemaDesign #Technology #DataEngineering #ProductionIncident #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #LucasAndLuna #DatabaseTech Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo