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7 August 2025

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… Read more

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Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri

7 August 2025

Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri

7 August 2025

Break it early to ship it safely

“We want developers to break things – just not for the customers. If all our tests are green, I get nervous that we’re not testing deep enough.” Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri, Principal Software Eng. Manager, Microsoft Azure SQL Naga Santhosh, Sunny to most, leads a team that ships changes to… Read more

Database deployments

Peter Kruis

7 August 2025

Peter Kruis

7 August 2025

A local fix just spreads the problem

“You fixed a bug in QA — great! But did that fix go into version control and get tested and deployed everywhere? If not, you just created drift, and more problems down the line.” Peter Kruis, Microsoft SQL Engineer at Monin Fixing a bug in the environment where it appears… Read more

Database deployments

Ryan Hird

19 June 2025

Ryan Hird

19 June 2025

The best decisions are never made at 2 AM…

“Some say, if you have a good process, you can deploy whenever you want. But I am more of the opinion that if it’s 5 o’clock, or a Public Holiday weekend, don’t take the risk — with the best process in the world, something could always go wrong.” Ryan Hird,… Read more

Database deployments

Adam Hafner

19 June 2025

Adam Hafner

19 June 2025

Testing is what lets you sleep at night

“If you want reliable database deployments, you need confidence in what you’re releasing and that comes from testing, standards, and slowing down to do things right.” Adam Hafner, Senior Database Engineer at Interstates In a high-pressure manufacturing environment, deployment mistakes are costly. Adam Hafner ‘s team ship changes to software… Read more

Database deployments

Thomas Rushton

19 June 2025

Thomas Rushton

19 June 2025

The most stressful deployments fail silently…

“…Everything seems fine, until, days later, a client reports a problem, an irate manager appears behind you demanding answers, and there’s no quick fix.” Thomas Rushton, Principal Data Platform Engineer at Coeo In a long career as a DBA, Thomas Rushton has seen how deployment-related stress can build, especially when… Read more

Database deployments

Tracy Boggiano

19 June 2025

Tracy Boggiano

19 June 2025

In healthcare, downtime is not an option

“We check all changes carefully before we deploy, but I’m always worried we’ll miss something. In healthcare, you can’t afford mistakes.” Tracy Boggiano, Senior SQL Developer at Abarca Health When providing healthcare services, where any mistakes can disrupt patient care, the stakes of a database deployment are high. For Tracy… Read more

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Posts tagged with Database deployments

Rollbacks, Red Eyes And Unreliable Deployments

Break it early to ship it safely

A local fix just spreads the problem

The best decisions are never made at 2 AM…

Testing is what lets you sleep at night

The most stressful deployments fail silently…

In healthcare, downtime is not an option

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