>There is no such thing as a database migration on prod. There is just adding columns. We have a DB schema that we not so affectionately refer to as the Standa

>There is no such thing as a database migration on prod. There is just adding columns. We have a DB schema that we not so affectionately refer to as the Standard Oil Octopus because of this methodology applied over ~20yr. I agree with you in the general case but eventually hard cuts have to be made or you will perpetuate the existence of all sorts of legacy spaghetti (not necessarily in the DB, but in all the other things that use the DB). Like everything else there's a balance to be struck.