Felicity Questier

7 August 2025

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Rollbacks, Red Eyes And Unreliable Deployments

This series is about the stress of database deployments on the people behind them, and the small, steady changes that help relieve it. – Felicity Questier, Redgate Software.

Behind every unreliable deployment are the people carrying the pressure. From delayed releases to weekend firefighting and the fallout for teams and customers, these data professionals share the day-to-day challenges they face and the small improvements that help make deployments, and life, just a little less stressful.

Click below to read their stories.

Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri

Principal Eng. Manager, MS Azure SQL

“Break it early to ship it safely.”

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Peter Kruis

Microsoft SQL Engineer, Monin

“A fix in one place is no fix at all.”

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Adam Hafner

Senior Database Engineer, Interstates

“Testing is what lets you sleep at night.”

Read Adam’s story →

Ryan Hird

Technical Lead, Bennetts

“No one does their best work at 2 am…”

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Thomas Rushton

Principal Data Platform Eng., Coeo

“Every failed deployment is a lesson.”

Read Thomas’s story →

Tracy Boggiano

Senior SQL Developer, Abarca Health

“In healthcare, you can’t afford mistakes.”

Read Tracy’s story →

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