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		moebrowne 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Good system design It's well documented that soft delete is more of a headache than it's worth https://brandur.org/soft-deletion

ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 4 months ago [–]

Maybe well opined on, not well-documented.

There are clients (ORM, etc) that handle soft deletion just fine in many of the scenarios laid out in that article.

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