CD Office Hours Ep.5: Delivering database changes

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CD Office Hours Ep.5: Delivering database changes

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While application code deployments have become highly automated and disciplined, database changes often remain manual, “folksy,” and prone to causing messy environment drift. Find out why databases require a uniquely cautious approach due to the severe risks of data loss and the impossibility of simple rollbacks, emphasizing the need to treat database deployments with the same rigor as application code.

Listen to find out more about:

• Why databases are fundamentally different
• Crucial first steps for modernization
• State-based versus Migration-based approaches
• Tooling and Automation
• Test Data Management
• Database Refactoring Patterns
• Real-world disaster stories

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