The text discusses automated schema migrations using the Hasura CLI tool and provides an example of creating a database schema. It outlines why good practices should be set around schema migrations and highlights the importance of keeping each migration to a singular step, such as table creation or column addition. The author also explains how to create the first schema migration, including setting up the configuration file and executing the migration against the Hasura instance. Finally, it mentions that in part 3, they will cover adding relationships between tables and other schema changes using the console itself.