In this video, Freyja the puppy and I talk about a recent workshop which I facilitated at the IDC DevOps conference in London.
I’m excited to be teaching a full day session with Steve Jones at the SQL PASS Summit on Tuesday, November 5, in Seattle.
Steve and I will be discussing proven patterns to version and deploy changes successfully.
Read more about this precon session, or check out the video below where I give a brief overview of what Steve and I will cover.
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One controversial topic in database development is how to properly store and deploy database changes.
This is generally described as choosing between two options, which are approximately as easy to understand as Greek philosophy:
I recently participated in a panel discussion for the SQL PASS DevOps virtual chapter.
Watch our discussion about how to make three different teams successful at database DevOps.
When I began working with databases, nobody talked about DevOps. It was a few years before I heard the words ‘Agile’ and ‘Extreme Programming’, (which I still read as “EXTREEEEEEMMMMME programmin!”). A lot has changed since then. But a lot hasn’t changed as well.
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