Features
The Bulk Script That Learned to Default to Dry Run
How a missing dry-run default caused an accidental email incident.
Priya Subramaniam
· 2 min read
How a missing dry-run default caused an accidental email incident.
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Permission sprawl hides in plain sight until someone actually checks who has access to merge code.
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CI validates each migration in isolation, not the combined sequence that reaches production.
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