Why EAV Looks Like a Good Idea — Then Destroys ERP Performance
Entity–Attribute–Value looks perfect at the start: flexibility without migrations. Why JOINs, indexes, and reports break ERP years later — and where EAV fits, and where it does not.
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The Most Expensive Mistake in ERP Architecture — Trying to Make the System Universal
Why the illusion of universality turns ERP into an EAV monster: lost performance, typing, and business meaning — and how to build around the domain, not abstract entities.
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Why Most ERP Systems Turn Into Monolithic Monsters
The ERP success paradox: exceptions, technical debt, a single database, and the distributed monolith. Why the monster follows business growth and how to slow decay.