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7/22/2026
The original title is: "Data Expiry & Smart Versioning: How I Solved Compliance in My App"

The original title is: "Data Expiry & Smart Versioning: How I Solved Compliance in My App"

Original: Data Expiry & Smart Versioning: How I Solved Compliance in My App

Short summary

A developer shares their approach to dynamic consent management and IEP versioning for a special needs school platform, using a nightly cron job to auto-expire consent records after 12 months. The article also covers semantic versioning for Individualized Education Programs (v1.0 for new, v1.1 for revisions, v2.0 for fresh starts) and lessons on data integrity over time.

  • •Nightly cron job auto-expires consent records after 12 months without manual intervention
  • •IEP versioning tracks whether a record is new, revised, or completely restarted
  • •Data integrity requires automated monitoring since correct records can become stale over time

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