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> A new required field _with a default value_

In what sense is this field required when you attempt to produce a value using the new schema, and everything is fine if you omit the "required" field?

> And, frankly, if you're thinking about database in the singular form then you're not thinking about an environment that really needs a schema evolution policy

We don't have 100s but certainly 10s of databases. But we use a schema evolution policy because we're attempting to use kafka as the system of record for our event log.



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