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Zero-Downtime Online Migrations
Updated May 4, 2026
Short answer
Executing schema changes without locking large production tables.
Deep explanation
Uses an 'Expand and Contract' strategy: Add new column, dual-write, backfill, update code, and finally drop the old column.
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