Sankofa Journal Step 6: Bring the Database Up

Run makemigrations and read the generated file before applying it. Then run sqlmigrate on it and read the SQL, so you have seen once what the ORM is actually doing. Apply it. Then make a deliberate change, add a field that cannot be empty to a table that already has rows, and work through the prompt properly rather than deleting the database. Meeting that prompt on purpose, on a project where nothing is at stake, is much better than meeting it for the first time under pressure.