In the very early stages of development it doesn't really matter how you build your database schema, but spending some time getting the data model as clean as p

In the very early stages of development it doesn't really matter how you build your database schema, but spending some time getting the data model as clean as possible it pretty important. Agree that scripting is important once data moves to production - once that happens, the database in Prod is master and the deploy script controls not only the code being pushed but also any database changes. If you are lucky and have planned the initial layout, you'll never need to remove columns or tables, so a single deploy script can do it all (update database schema and push new app)