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No Compromises · January 4 · 16 min

Why I changed my mind about down migrations

Have you ever built a strong case for something, only to realize later you were solving the wrong problem? In the latest episode of the No Compromises podcast, we discuss Aaron's surprising reversal on down migrations, a topic we've publicly discussed on this podcast. We walk through the original arguments for writing down migrations and deconstruct each one. (00:00) - The original case for down migrations (03:45) - Aaron changes his stance (05:15) - Why seeders beat rollbacks for local dev (10:30) - Rethinking the production rollback scenario (14:45) - Silly bit Keep your knowledge fresh, check out Mastering Laravel.

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Have you ever built a strong case for something, only to realize later you were solving the wrong problem?

In the latest episode of the No Compromises podcast, we discuss Aaron's surprising reversal on down migrations, a topic we've publicly discussed on this podcast.

We walk through the original arguments for writing down migrations and deconstruct each one.

  • (00:00) - The original case for down migrations
  • (03:45) - Aaron changes his stance
  • (05:15) - Why seeders beat rollbacks for local dev
  • (10:30) - Rethinking the production rollback scenario
  • (14:45) - Silly bit

Keep your knowledge fresh, check out Mastering Laravel.
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