Launch HN: BaseDash (YC S20) – Edit your database with the ease of a spreadsheet

Re:Launch HN: BaseDash (YC S20) – Edit your database with th... by koolba on Friday July 31, 2020 @12:38PM (#24010416)

I think a big part of it is a general fear of database migrations. Once you embrace schema evolution as a normal part of development, it becomes natural to have your schemas reflect your true data constraints and relationships. Rather than just unlabeled sacks of text fields.

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Re:Launch HN: BaseDash (YC S20) – Edit your database with th... by maxmusing on Friday July 31, 2020 @09:17PM (#24016380)

I remember working on my first full-stack project, I was so intimidated by migrations. Nowadays I couldn't imagine starting even a small side project without writing migrations from the first commit.

Unfortunately, I think a lot of new developers resort to MongoDB because they think it's better for early stage evolving schemas. It's certainly more open to changing your schema on the fly, but perhaps not for the better.

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Re:Launch HN: BaseDash (YC S20) – Edit your database with th... by edw on Friday July 31, 2020 @01:31PM (#24011142)

Django's migration tool is awesome; I can see how people could get seduced by it. It's happened to me.

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Re:Launch HN: BaseDash (YC S20) – Edit your database with th... by penagwin on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @03:16PM (#24053475)

Django's migration tool is one of the main reasons I can't leave django.

What comparative ORMs do you use for non-django, or non-python languages?

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