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My Favourite Feature of SQL Toolbelt Essentials - Jeff Taylor | Redgate

Jeff Taylor, Principal Data Consultant at Fulton Analytics, shares his favourite feature of SQL Toolbelt Essentials. SQL Toolbelt Essentials helps you and your teams reduce manual, time-consuming work and increase productivity. It's the set of industry-standard tools built by SQL Server industry leaders to standardize SQL development across organizations.

My Favourite Feature of SQL Prompt - Jeff Taylor | Redgate

Jeff Taylor, Principal Data Consultant at Fulton Analytics, shares his favourite feature of SQL Prompt. SQL Prompt enables users to write high quality SQL faster. As well as autocompleting your code, SQL Prompt takes care of formatting, object renaming, and other distractions, so you can concentrate on how the code actually works..

Smoother Developer Onboarding and Git Education with GitKraken

When it comes to welcoming new developers into a team, a well-thought-out onboarding process is key. It all starts with setting clear goals and expectations right out of the gate, helping everyone understand their role and how it fits into the bigger picture of the company’s objectives. This, paired with a structured training program, can blend the often confusing process of learning the ropes with actual hands-on experience.

Limit deployments to Upsun only with tags: part three

In parts one and two of this series, we covered how to limit deployments to Upsun when a tag is pushed or created. Focusing first on using GitHub and the GitHub Actions platform, and then progressing onto Gitlab and pipelines to accomplish this goal. But in the spirit of being a polyglot PaaS, let’s look at how we can accomplish the same goal—limiting deployment to Upsun only when adding a git tag—using Bitbucket and their CI/CD system.

How to ensure your Kubernetes cluster can tolerate lost nodes

Redundancy is a core strength of Kubernetes. Whenever a component fails, such as a Pod or deployment, Kubernetes can usually automatically detect and replace it without any human intervention. This saves DevOps teams a ton of time and lets them focus on developing and deploying applications, rather than managing infrastructure.