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Because I don’t want to have to fight with our support team (they’re awesome, but busy) I decided that, initially, I’m going to host dbRosetta at ScaryDBA.com. I have full control of the web site, and I won’t be breaking Redgate Software entirely if I accidently do something silly. Before starting the process of developing our next prompt, or set of prompts, I discussed the project with CoPilot. We agreed to break the next part into two pieces.

Developer velocity and DBA caution are not opposing forces, they reflect two essential priorities that historically lacked a shared process. Database DevOps eliminates tension by introducing automated validation, approvals, and visibility that allow developers to move fast while DBAs safeguard performance and reliability. With platforms like Harness, database change becomes a collaborative workflow instead of a conflict, turning release cycles into a partnership built on trust and predictability.

Since I’m starting development with the dbRosetta database, and since I’m way more comfortable with databases than with code, I’m going to continue within the database sphere for a bit as we build out dbRosetta. My next step is to work with the AI to get a pipeline in place to take our database code and deploy it to Azure Flex Server.

Database DevOps and migration systems solve different parts of the same workflow - one enables collaboration, governance, and automation while the other delivers structured, versioned schema execution. Using both eliminates release friction by aligning developers, DBAs, and CI/CD pipelines with full auditability and rollback safety. Harness converges these capabilities to make database changes seamless, compliant, and production-ready by design. Every developer knows this story.

When it comes to text search, PostgreSQL offers a surprisingly rich set of tools. Initially, text search capabilities were quite basic, often relying on the LIKE operator. This is inefficient for large amounts of text and lacks the nuance that comes with language. A major breakthrough came with the introduction of the built-in tsquery and tsvector data types, along with the associated functions, as part of PostgreSQL's core distribution. But tsquery is not the only option.

We’re excited to announce a set of updates across the entire VictoriaMetrics open source products suite — including VictoriaMetrics, VictoriaLogs, VictoriaTraces, the VictoriaMetrics Kubernetes Operator. These improvements bring better performance, stronger security, enhanced metadata visibility, and a smoother experience when running observability at scale.

For ClickHouse to achieve the speed it's known for, it has historically relied on a trigger-based and incremental architecture for materialized views. This architecture is known to be very efficient but lacks flexibility, such as when working with data that needs to be backfilled rather than append-only.