# Database migrations made easy with Atlas

DevFeed: [Database migrations made easy with Atlas](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/database-migrations-made-easy-with-atlas-5924.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://turso.tech/blog/database-migrations-made-easy-with-atlas-df2b259862db>)

Author: Glauber Costa

Published: 2023-06-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Turso Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/turso-blog.md>)

Topics: [Database Migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database-migration.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Turso](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/turso.md>), [SQLite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sqlite.md>)

Tags: [database-migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database-migration.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [sqlite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sqlite.md>), [turso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/turso.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents database migrations as changes to a database schema needed to accommodate new or updated data, and introduces Atlas as a way to make migrations easier. The supplied text also provides historical context about an older version of Turso and its SQLite-based architecture.

## Source excerpt

Database migrations is one of the thorniest subjects there is. In short, they happen when a database schema must change to accommodate new or updated data. One simple example of a database migration...