Data migration is the process of moving data from one system to another, often involving transforming the data to fit the requirements of the new system. It's a necessary evil that every software engineer dreads, like being forced to eat your vegetables before you can have dessert.

How to use it in a sentence

• "I spent all day working on the data migration for our new CRM system. I feel like I aged 10 years in the process."

• "We need to budget extra time for data migration in the project plan. It's like herding cats, except the cats are angry, have sharp claws, and hate being told what to do."

If you actually want to learn more...

• Martin Fowler, the OG of software development, has a couple of insightful articles on the topic. Check out his thoughts on Incremental Migration and Evolutionary Database Design.

• If you're into the whole "move fast and break things" vibe, Vercel has an article on Why all application migrations should be incremental. It's like YOLO, but for data migration.

• For a more hands-on approach, you can check out this step-by-step guide to . It's like a recipe for success, minus the delicious end result.

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