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There are different levels at which you can operate a database. One is to keep it running, monitor disc space, response times etc. but otherwise leave the sche
by perlgeek 11y ago
There are different levels at which you can operate a database.
One is to keep it running, monitor disc space, response times etc. but otherwise leave the schema to the developers.
Or you can own the schema, discuss all the changes and migrations with the developers etc.
If it was the first kind of DB operation (which wouldn't surprise me, because that's what our $work has as well), it's not surprising that they trust the developers to provide sane DDL patches.
- jlarocco 11y agoOkay, I've never seen the first kind of DB op. The places I've worked with dedicated DB people were a combination of the first and second types you listed. That situation would explain the Stripe outage, though. TBH, it seems odd to call the first one a "database operator" instead of an IT admin.