Managing Rails schema and data migrations without losing your mind

As time goes by, you’ll need to change the data model for your software. Rails makes this extremely easy to do, but leaves much of the day-to-day process to you to sort out (the principle of Sharp Knifes).Once you’re past the initial scaffolding stage of a project, you’ll have questions about how to manage your application schema, especially when working on a team.Adding rules to your process codifies good practices.