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Zero-Downtime Database Migrations: How to Change Your Schema Without Taking Down Your App

Zero-Downtime Database Migrations: How to Change Your Schema Without Taking Down Your App

Database migrations are the most dangerous routine operation in backend development. Not because they are complex — most are simple ALTER TA...

#ALTER TABLE no lock #expand-contract pattern #PostgreSQL migration

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May 25, 2026

6 min