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Arslon Erkinov
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Day 16 (Part 4 & Part 5): Audit Logs, Migrations, and Stability

Day 16 (Part 4 & Part 5): Audit Logs, Migrations, and Stability

Today’s work was about making the backend reliable, not just functional.

I focused on:

  • Designing a proper AuditLog model
  • Migrating from a raw field to a ForeignKey relationship
  • Dealing with broken migrations after schema changes
  • Resetting and rebuilding the database cleanly
  • Verifying audit logging through real request simulations

This part of the project reinforced an important lesson:
backend engineering isn’t only about writing new code —
it’s about maintaining data integrity as the system evolves.

With Day 16 fully completed (Part 4 & 5),
I’m ready to move forward to Day 17, where I’ll work on:

  • Rate limiting
  • API quotas
  • Usage tracking

Thanks for following along 🚀

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