In the same way, we should design our database using a graphical tool to produce the “blueprint” – a data model – before a single line of application code is written.

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Good software habits apply to databases too. Trust in these little design tips to build a useful, rot-resistant database schema.

Pakistan's national database encodes social expectations—like that every citizen has two married parents—and raises important questions about digital IDs.

Security has not always been as big an issue as it is now. In the past, DBAs were more focused on performance, high availability, or scalability. Today, security is an issue at the forefront of every ...