By David Bernheisel Intro As an Elixir developer who cares about system up-time and avoiding "scheduled maintenance" windows, and more importantly avoiding "unscheduled maintenance" windows 😉, this guide dives deep into Ecto database migrations and how they can be used saf...
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Safe Ecto Migrations Part 1 In order for us to create and run safe Ecto migrations on our database, it is helpful to understand what is _actually_ happening with the database. To do that, we'll dig deeper into how Ecto migrations work by looking both at the code being execut...
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Safe Ecto Migrations Part 2 Not long ago, deploying and managing Elixir projects was not as straight-forward as today; some might say it was downright painful. Thankfully, since Elixir 1.9, Mix ships with tools to help developers assemble applications for deployment.
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Safe Ecto Migrations Part 3 This is a non-exhaustive guide on common migration scenarios and how to avoid trouble. These migration recipes may evolve over time, so be sure to check the git edition of these recipes at https://github.com/fly-apps/safe-ecto-migrations with up-t...
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Safe Ecto Migrations Part 4 When I say "backfilling data", I mean that as any attempt to change data in bulk. This can happen in code through migrations, application code, UIs that allow multiple selections and updates, or in a console connected to a running application.
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