# Inside Bitso's Branch-Based Workflow

DevFeed: [Inside Bitso's Branch-Based Workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/inside-bitso-s-branch-based-workflow-5033.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/bitso-branching-workflow>)

Author: Carlota Soto

Published: 2026-01-07T17:01:55Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kafka.md>)

Tags: [case-studies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/case-studies.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kafka.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-requests.md>), [sandbox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sandbox.md>), [signadot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/signadot.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>)

## AI overview

Bitso describes using branch-based isolated Postgres databases to complete sandboxed testing for services that need schema changes, write-heavy testing, destructive migrations, or production-like data validation.

## Source excerpt

"Neon's branching gave us the last missing piece in our RISE (Robust Isolated Staging Environment): true database isolation. The services that touched schema changes or write-heavy paths could never share a database safely. Now every sandbox gets its own isolated Postgres DB when...