rake db:schema:load vs. migrations

Question

Very simple question here - if migrations can get slow and cumbersome as an app gets more complex and if we have the much cleaner rake db:schema:load to call in

Answer 1

Just stumbled across this post, that was long ago and didn't see the answer I was expecting.

rake db:schema:load is great for the first time you put a system in production. After that you should run migrations normally.

This also helps you cleaning your migrations whenever you like, since the schema has all the information to put other machines in production even when you cleaned up your migrations.