Tag Archives: DevOps

Creating a Test Pipeline in Azure DevOps using a Windows Agent

Posted on August 21, 2024 by way0utwest

A customer was having some trouble getting started with Azure DevOps (AzDO) and building their database, so we took a step back and decided to create a simple test pipeline, so they could get a feel for how things work … Continue reading →

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SQL Saturday Denver 2024 Resources

Posted on August 17, 2024 by way0utwest

Here are the resources from my talks today. Best Practices for Seamless Database Deployments PPTX slides Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments git repo:  https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime  PPTX slides Some good questions today, which I’ll write a few posts on: What are feature flags … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #177–Keeping track of database code

Posted on August 13, 2024 by way0utwest

This month’s invitation is from Mala Mahadevan, who has hosted 5 times. This latest one is one that is near and dear to my heart as I use source control most days and I think it’s important for database code. … Continue reading →

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Send Metrics Not Logs

Posted on August 9, 2024 by way0utwest

This is part of a series on observability, a concept taking hold in modern software engineering. One of the interesting things I saw in an engineering presentation on Observability from Chik-Fil-A was that they are sometimes bandwidth-constrained at remote sites. … Continue reading →

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