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The Migration That Works in Dev and Locks Production
Schema changes look safe in tiny local databases. Production is where table size, lock time, and rollout order turn an ordinary migration into a real incident.
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Schema changes look safe in tiny local databases. Production is where table size, lock time, and rollout order turn an ordinary migration into a real incident.
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