Comment by tguvot

"original sins" happened way before i joined the company. so i don't know the exact chronology, but app was started as very simple crud app. new features were added as client base increased. client base became more enterprisy. mobile apps + desktop apps appeared. new features were added to support them.

so something that started as simple node.js + nosql crud app written by not that experienced developers became over span of few years little shop of horror that was failing to scale without all kinds of crazy workarounds