Tag: speaking

  • SQL Saturday Denver 2024 Resources

    Here are the resources from my talks today.

    Best Practices for Seamless Database Deployments

    Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments

    Some good questions today, which I’ll write a few posts on:

    • What are feature flags
    • How do you handle adding a clustered index
    • How do you communicate with downstream groups on something like a rename

    Probably a few more, but it’s been a long day and I’m tired.

  • Speaking at SQL Saturday Denver 2024

    It’s just a couple of days away from SQL Saturday Denver 2024. This Saturday, come join me at the Lowry Convention Center in Aurora for some great talks. We are lucky in the Denver area that we have quite a few great speakers and talented data professionals, so check out the schedule.

    Then register and come.

    Come learn about SQL Server, about PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Powershell, and more. I’m looking forward to sitting in a few sessions, and I have a few of my own. I’ll be delivering these talks:

    • Best Practices for Seamless Database Deployments
    • Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments

    I hope to see you there.

  • DevOps Days Minneapolis–Best Practices for Database Deployments

    Thanks to everyone who attended, though with one stage I had a fairly captive audience. I enjoyed the event and look forward to coming back to the Twin Cities in the future.

    A few nice questions, which I’ll address in a few posts:

    • What are feature flags
    • How do feature flags work in SQL?
    • How do we reorder work when we’ve deployed to QA?
    • Is there a way to avoid blame in a retrospective?

    Slides: DevOpsDaysMN_BestPracticesForDatabaseDeployments

    You can also watch the presentation on YouTube:

     

  • The Redgate Summit: New York

    The final 2024 Redgate Summit in the US takes place in a few weeks, on Aug 21. Redgate Summit: The Database Landscape is coming to the Microsoft Office at Times Square in New York City and I’m excited to be going.

    You can register today and join us for a full day of learning about DevOps, database development and management, and how to build better software. We have three tracks, each full of events for the day.

    • New and Future Technologies
    • Deep Dive Solutions
    • Leadership

    We have both Redgaters and industry experts on hand to deliver a wide range of sessions and panels. I’m not sure what I’m doing yet, but I’m sure I’ll be assigned a few of the TBD speaker slots.

    Hopefully you can come enjoy a fun day in Manhattan in a few weeks. Tell your boss you want to learn how to better build and manage database software and head to the City. Then register and say hi to me in a few weeks.