> Hard disagree. That database table was a waving red flag.

Exactly this.

This article is not about structs or Rust. This article is about poor design of the whole persistence layer. I mean, hundreds of columns? Almost all of them optional? This is the kind of design that gets candidates to junior engineer positions kicked off a hiring round.

Nobody gets fired for using a struct? If it's an organization that tolerates database tables with nearly 1k optional rows then that comes at no surprise.

The database table is someone else’s data. That’s why this company exists and is explained in the article.

They don’t have the option to clean up the data.