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    <title>When Indexes Become Liabilities: Lessons from PostgreSQL Performance Disasters in Production</title>
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    <description>Poor indexing strategy is one of the most expensive mistakes a development team can make in a PostgreSQL environment — and one of the easiest to overlook until it is far too late. This article examines real-world scenarios where inadequate or misguided index design caused measurable degradation in query performance, infrastructure costs, and user experience. Each case study surfaces actionable lessons that developers can apply immediately to their own systems.</description>
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