Good software engineers change schemas all the time

I came across this on LinkedIn (as a screenshot from Bluesky) this morning.

Good software teams change their database schemas all the time, to add features, improve performance, fix bugs, and so on.

They don’t usually need to tell DevOps, because they use the tools provided by DevOps to make the change safely.

They don’t need to tell front-end devs, because front-end devs are using an API to access the data, not talking directly to the database, and the API rarely needs to change.

They shouldn’t need to tell data teams. The only reason they do is because data teams are consuming directly from the database, not through an interface.

That’s the problem.