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### How to write migrations?
We only write `up` migrations, `down` migrations are not always possible in sqlite or
too complex/too expensive. For example to remove a column you would have to duplicate
the table, copy over the data, delete and recreated.
This can be very expensive for some tables (user_messages for example), so should not be attempted.
### Notes
One issue we faced multiple times is that updates to `user_messages` can be very
expensive, leading to slow upgrade times and interrupted migrations. So avoid
writes if not necessary.