Mar 3 · 14 min read · Database Migration Tools: Flyway, Liquibase, Prisma Migrate, Drizzle Kit, and golang-migrate Database migrations are the difference between "deploying is boring" and "restoring from backups at 3 AM." Every production application needs a migration str...
Join discussionFeb 11 · 5 min read · When I started formalizing Database DevOps practices, one recurring issue kept surfacing: schema drift. Development was ahead of staging. Production had emergency hotfixes. QA sometimes had “just one small tweak” that never made it back to version co...
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Sep 1, 2025 · 35 min read · One of the more difficult parts of the software development lifecycle is deployment. While it seems simple on the surface - just write some scripts and run them - it gets pretty complicated pretty quickly as the level of sophistication of your system...
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May 31, 2025 · 4 min read · A common question we get: why doesn’t SQLcl Projects support Liquibase rollback? At first glance, Liquibase’s rollback feature seems like a great safety net. Not only can it evolve your schema forward, it promises to take you backward if something go...
Join discussionMay 21, 2025 · 3 min read · I needed to set maintenance mode for my 15 APEX applications in the production environment. Typically, the process is simple - just set Application Definition - Status to “Unavailable”: And your users will be logged out and will see this ugly, defau...
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May 13, 2025 · 7 min read · I maintain an application with a beefy MySQL database. This database is old. Like… old. And it’s had a lot of changes applied to it over the years. Now it needs to change again. It’s been a while. And the fella changing it has never seen it done. So ...
Join discussionMay 6, 2025 · 7 min read · Let’s be honest - managing database changes can sometimes feel like juggling fire. You’ve got multiple developers making updates, environments to manage, rollbacks to worry about, and let’s not forget those late-night “It worked on dev!” surprises. B...
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Feb 28, 2025 · 6 min read · For the past two years, I’ve been using Liquibase (open-source version) to manage database objects in my Oracle APEX projects. Since I work exclusively with the Oracle database, I never had to explore Liquibase’s support for other databases. But in O...
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Sep 28, 2024 · 6 min read · Hi. This is the nineteenth part of the diary about developing the “Programmers’ diary” blog. Previous part: https://hashnode.programmersdiary.com/thoughts-on-implementing-local-and-social-logins-on-a-website. The open source code of this project is o...
Join discussionSep 16, 2024 · 2 min read · Intro Oracle Cloud World was held in Las Vegas from September 9 to 12, 2024. It was my first such big conference with so many people—I've heard rumours about more than 20k participants. Many people say that this conference is more for business users ...
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