Simplicity and Performance in Database Design

Simplicity in database design is crucial for easy queries, use cases, and maintenance, minimizing traffic to the database. However, ensuring data integrity and performance can be challenging when dealing with normalization and relational databases, as keeping a simple model and making it performant can be conflicting objectives. While relational databases are popular due to their ease of mental mapping, optimizing for scalability and efficient data access requires significant thought and may not align seamlessly with the relational model.