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WJWyesterday at 12:16 PM1 replyview on HN

How will you handle ALTER TABLE queries without downtime?


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catlifeonmarsyesterday at 12:29 PM

That would definitely present a bit of a challenge, but:

- not all databases need migrations (or migrations without downtime)

- alternatively, ship the migrations as part of the binary

Adhoc modifications would still be more difficult but tbh that’s not necessarily a bug