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Indeed. It's doable, but requires a reasonably fast rollout tempo and a manageable level of technical debt. It is utterly impractical when you're deploying to
by desc 8y ago
Indeed. It's doable, but requires a reasonably fast rollout tempo and a manageable level of technical debt.
It is utterly impractical when you're deploying to individual customer sites, for customers who agree to an upgrade on timescales ranging from three months to five years...
[edit] Part 1, the automated schema updates, I'm right alongside. I can't fathom how people can operate with manual schema updates all the time. But part 2 is IMO wishful thinking outside of a deployed environment your own team can upgrade pretty much at will.
- GauntletWizard 8y agoAbsolutely. It only works for Managed or SAAS solutions. You need to be prepared to deal with much wider ranges of schema problems on embedded devices - Which is a good argument for Schemaless and a good version control document, though you can absolutely take it too far in terms of compatibility.