[codr7]

That's how I learned to do migrations/major refactoring from my mentors back in the days.

First brute force it, observe but don't panic, until you don't get any further.

Then start over and do it properly.

[foretop_yardarm]

This idea was also more or less explained in the book "The Mikado Method".

https://www.manning.com/books/the-mikado-method