At Republic Bank, we’ve spent the last five years and more on a mission to be the most technically advanced community bank in the US. With 1,200 employees and around $5+ billion in assets, we might not be the biggest bank, but we like to see ourselves as one of the most innovative. It’s... Read more
Flyway 7.0.0 is out! It contains many new features and improvements over Flyway 6.5.7. This version also adds more features and fixes on top of the V7 beta release. Highlights Most of the bigger changes are already detailed in the V7 beta blog post. Highlights of the new changes since the beta are: You can find a detailed... Read more
The DevOps Enterprise Summit, Las Vegas, is back from October 13 to October 15 and, even though it’s virtual this time around, it still promises to be engaging and interactive. We may not be meeting face-to-face this year, but we’ve designed our online booth in the Expo section of the event website to provide... Read more
As part of an internal conference at Redgate, I gave an introductory talk on Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and I’ve decided to share some of my thoughts publicly. As a caveat, D&I will look very different depending on who and where you are, so it’s important to know that my considerations are geared towards... Read more
At first glance, encryption may seem like a one-step solution to protect sensitive data in the software development lifecycle. In this post we share why reality is not so simple, and what to do instead. Read more
Meeting face-to-face may be a distant future possibility for most of us, but that doesn’t mean you can’t meet Redgaters at an event near you this 2020 season. Check out the events below for some amazing sessions, networking opportunities, and the chance to win a prize or two … Kicking things off from September... Read more
Recently, I was lucky enough to co-host a webinar with James Phillips, VP of Corporate Technology at Mizuho, a leading global bank with a worldwide network of financial and business centers. He joined me to talk about how the bank had introduced database DevOps, why they did it, and the challenges they had along... Read more
Git Hooks are scripts that can be run in response to certain actions. Git Hooks are defined for each repository within your system. By design, the Hooks are not transmitted between repositories. The idea behind the design is that an evil actor can’t introduce automated code to anyone’s machine. I’m all in favor of... Read more
Learn the top three mistakes candidates make when preparing for an interview -- plus the steps which will get you into the right mindset for success. Read more
The first time you try to automate a database deployment using any of the available flow control tools, all the moving parts makes the task look insanely difficult and this is not any different within the AWS Developer Tools. However, after you get over that initial shock, the processes are not nearly as difficult... Read more
