David McDonald

How we migrated our PostgreSQL database with 11 seconds downtime

David McDonald, 17 January 2024 - GOV.UK Notify, Posts for Tech Specialists

GOV.UK Notify recently migrated our production database. Find out how we did it with the least possible disruption to our users.

How GOV.UK Notify reliably sends text messages to users

David McDonald, 3 April 2020 - GOV.UK Notify, Technology

The Notify team has adjusted its method of sending out text messages to maintain Notify's reliability. In this post we explain how it was done.

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