Surviving Database Migrations: Ambitious and a little crazy

Learn how we survived a 2.5 year database replatforming at Plaid where we moved 234 databases across 100 services. How did we survive and how should you approach it when you face an impossible task that’s a “default fail” scenario?

We’ll dive deep on the factors that helped us succeed:

• From a critical assessment of business constraints
• Making things better every time
• Cross-functional alignment
• Building the dream in flight
• Front-loading risks
• Building a championship team

After hearing this talk, you’ll be able to give informed consent when subjecting your team to the grueling challenge of rebuilding a data-platform in-flight. It’s everything I wish I knew when I started out that fits into thirty minutes! Buckle up and turn off your pagerduty because this will be a whirlwind.