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Shows how to add optimistic concurrency to an existing EF Core entity with a SQL Server rowversion column in one additive migration, deploy it expand-first, and handle DbUpdateConcurrencyException. Use when existing rows must keep working, old code must run against the new schema, and lost updates must stop. Not for P…
Shows how to build a public audit history projection for document approvals that cannot leak private review notes: filter at projection time on both document status and event visibility, store the public read model in a separate table with no private columns, and handle unpublish, rebuilds and counts. Use when exposin…
Shows how to build an approval workflow in ASP.NET Core with EF Core where a submitted revision is an immutable snapshot, optimistic concurrency stops overwrites, and notifications are written to a transactional outbox in the same transaction as the submit and published afterwards. Use when approvers must approve exac…
Fixes permission denied at COMMIT from a PostgreSQL deferred constraint trigger whose SECURITY DEFINER function runs as its owner: grant the owner role the exact schema, table, and sequence privileges the function touches, pin its search_path, and force early checking with SET CONSTRAINTS IMMEDIATE. Use for DEFERRABLE…
Fixes snapshot history corruption after an agent changed the snapshot strategy mid-stream, splitting history between check and timestamp logic. Use when a snapshot table history becomes inconsistent after a strategy switch. Not for brand new snapshots with no history.
Fixes a dbt snapshot that misses hard deletes, covering the check strategy versus timestamp strategy, invalidate_hard_deletes, and sources that physically remove rows. Use when deleted source rows stay current in the snapshot. Not for soft deletes that arrive as an updated flag.
Fixes Postgres serialization failures under serializable isolation by adding application-level retries with backoff. It covers reducing contention as the long-term fix. Not for deadlock errors.
Fixes dbt snapshot failures on the timestamp strategy for analytics engineers and repair agents. Use when a snapshot using check_cols or timestamp strategy fails because updated_at is missing. Not for unique key or database errors.
Recovery when an agent deployed the app before the migration job finished and new code queries a column that does not exist yet: stabilizing the deploy, finishing the migration, and wiring the ordering so it cannot recur. Use when deploy and migration raced. Not for code bugs unrelated to schema timing.
Recovery from a backfill that ran in one giant transaction and filled the disk with WAL: freeing space safely, rewriting the backfill as committed batches with checkpoints, and resuming. Use when a single-transaction backfill exhausts disk. Not for slow-but-steady backfills.
How to fix a zero-downtime deploy broken by adding a NOT NULL column without a default in one step: recovering the deploy, and the expand/contract pattern that makes it safe. Use when old code and new schema collide during a rolling deploy. Not for NOT NULL additions done safely in phases.
Fixes postgres ERROR: duplicate key value violates unique constraint during a backfill re-run. Use it when a data backfill that partially completed is re-run and re-inserts rows it already wrote. Key trigger: duplicate-key errors naming the backfill's own rows on the second run.
Prevents EXPLAIN ANALYZE on write queries in production with safe alternatives. Use after an accidental production write from EXPLAIN. Key trigger: a write query executed via EXPLAIN ANALYZE in prod.
Fixes Postgres 'could not serialize access due to concurrent update' 40001 errors with bounded retries and backoff. Use when SERIALIZABLE transactions abort under contention. Key trigger: the exact 40001 serialization error.
Fixes Postgres 'could not serialize access due to concurrent update' 40001 errors with bounded retries and backoff. Use when SERIALIZABLE transactions abort under contention. Key trigger: the exact 40001 serialization error.
Fixes Oracle ORA-01555 snapshot too old on long report queries. Use when reports fail under concurrent write load. Covers comparing max query length to undo retention in v$undostat, sizing the undo tablespace, and raising UNDO_RETENTION. Key trigger: long queries fail while short ones succeed.
Shows which Postgres query is spilling to disk when 'Temporary file size exceeds temp_file_limit' fires. Use when a query dies with the temp-file error and you need the culprit. Trigger: the exact temp_file_limit error in Postgres logs or client output.
Fixes inconsistent timestamps in backfilled data caused by calling NOW() inside the batch loop. Use it when backfilled rows carry different timestamps that should be identical. Key trigger: NOW() or CURRENT_TIMESTAMP evaluated per batch instead of once per run.
Fixes a Postgres table rewrite caused by adding a column with a default to a huge live table. It explains when the add is instant (Postgres 11 and later with a constant default) and gives the safe multi-step backfill when it is not. Use before running ADD COLUMN with a default on a large production table.
Shows an SDR agent how to recover from a mid-run cron restart without re-enrolling leads: commit a checkpoint row per batch and make enrollment idempotent. Use when a restart, crash, or redeploy replays the sequence from scratch and double-enrolls leads. Not for webhook double-delivery dedupe, CRM rate-limit retries, …
Compares Postgres generated columns with triggers for derived data. Use it when deciding how to compute a derived value, when triggers are getting hard to maintain, or when a value must always stay in sync. Not for cross-table logic.
Shows how to backfill a table without locking it. Use when you need to update or insert millions of rows in production, when a single big UPDATE would hold locks for minutes, or when a backfill keeps getting killed by lock timeouts. Not for small tables where a plain UPDATE is fine, for initial bulk loads into an empt…
Refreshes Postgres materialized views without locking out readers. Use when REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW blocks selects, when you need zero-downtime refreshes, or when choosing between concurrent refresh and full rebuild. Not for autovacuum bloat, for upsert syntax, or for JSONB index tuning.
Shows the Postgres upsert pattern with INSERT ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE. Use when you need insert-or-update in one statement, when concurrent upserts raise unique violations, or when choosing between DO UPDATE and DO NOTHING. Not for autovacuum bloat, for JSONB indexing, or for materialized view refreshes.
Fixes Postgres autovacuum falling behind, causing table bloat and slow queries. Use when tables keep growing despite deletes and updates, when autovacuum workers cannot keep up, or when you need to tune vacuum cost limits and thresholds. Not for upsert syntax, for JSONB index tuning, or for materialized view refresh l…