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Continuous Delivery Office Hours Ep.5: Delivering Database Changes
Database deployments present unique challenges compared to application deployments, primarily because schema changes carry a higher risk and cannot be safely rolled back without potential data loss or extensive remediation. To mitigate this, teams should implement version control for schemas, utilize migration or state-based tools, and automate test data management. Achieving safer releases relies heavily on decoupling application and database changes through the adoption of expand/contract refactoring patterns.
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