TFA has a point that it should never have happened, and that CF software engineering practices are likely to blame.
But a BCNF (or 5NF or whatever) database without nullable columns wouldn't have prevented it. Formally verified code might have but that remains a pipe dream for any significant code base.
But a BCNF (or 5NF or whatever) database without nullable columns wouldn't have prevented it. Formally verified code might have but that remains a pipe dream for any significant code base.
The proposed cure is worse than the disease.