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SQL injection remains most financially damaging application vulnerability
9SQL injection vulnerabilities from unescaped user input interpolation remain the perennial top contender for most financially damaging application security vulnerability. Developers continue to make mistakes in this area.
securityPostgreSQLSQL
Schema evolution breaks tests and introduces silent failures
7When making schema changes to evolve the application's data handling, modifications either break tests immediately or don't, creating a worse scenario where tests no longer guarantee correctness. This requires iterative fixing of data integrity issues.
testingPostgreSQLSQL
Time-consuming and error-prone SQL query creation
6Building complex SQL queries is tedious, error-prone, and time-consuming. Developers frequently resort to AI assistance rather than writing queries manually, and must often redo work when requirements change or new clients appear.
dxPostgreSQLSQL