Databases on Allen Ziegenfushttps://allenz.net/tags/databases/Recent content in Databases on Allen ZiegenfusHugoen-usSat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000Environment-stable table ownership: surviving cross-environment restore with IAM database authhttps://allenz.net/writing/environment-stable-table-ownership-surviving-cross-environment-restore-with-iam-database-auth/Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://allenz.net/writing/environment-stable-table-ownership-surviving-cross-environment-restore-with-iam-database-auth/Cloud SQL IAM database auth breaks cross-environment restores because table ownership encodes a per-environment service account. Make ownership environment-independent by owning every table as cloudsqlsuperuser.Stable vs. rewritten identity: cross-environment database restore in a stateful platformhttps://allenz.net/writing/stable-vs.-rewritten-identity-cross-environment-database-restore-in-a-stateful-platform/Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://allenz.net/writing/stable-vs.-rewritten-identity-cross-environment-database-restore-in-a-stateful-platform/When a platform bakes an environment-derived identity into its database on first boot, restoring across environments crash-loops on a mismatch. The fix is a product question: stabilize the identity, or rewrite it after restore?