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What are zero-downtime database migration patterns that I should learn before starting my first software engineering job?

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What are zero-downtime database migration patterns that I should learn before starting my first software engineering job?
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Searches and sources

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zero downtime database migrations expand contract online schema changes PostgreSQL concurrent index creation MySQL online DDL gh-ost pt-online-schema-change best practices Google ↗
  1. How to make database schema changes without downtime in MySQL · red-gate.com
  2. Zero-Downtime Schema Evolution Patterns · zero-downtime-schema.com
  3. Zero-Downtime Database Migration: A Practical Guide · erzon.com
  4. GitHub repository · github.com
  5. Documentation · docs.percona.com
  6. GitHub repository · github.com
  7. Documentation · documentation.red-gate.com
  8. Online Schema Change Tools: gh-ost, pt-osc, pg_repack · zero-downtime-schema.com
  9. Parallel Change · martinfowler.com
  10. Engineering articles · github.blog
  11. CREATE INDEX documentation · postgresql.org
  12. GitHub repository · github.com

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