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“The most dangerous words in a migration: 'We'll figure it out during cutover.' Every decision should be made before cutover weekend. Every script tested. Every rollback path documented and rehearsed.”
On zero-downtime platform migrations
Nick Hugh
Founder, AI Expert & Fractional CTO, Marshall Tech
Nick Hugh, AI Expert & Fractional CTO at Marshall Tech, Sydney
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