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In this episode, we're remembering Andrew Pearce aka Phil Factor, and unpacking a brilliant article he wrote digging into why database deployments sometimes go bad.

Steve Jones is at Redgate’s Cambridge, UK headquarters once again, this time joined by Tom Hodgson, Innovation Lead on Redgate’s Foundry team. Tom gives an overview of The Foundry, which is Redgate’s innovation hub, offering some insight on what they do and what they’re working on (spoiler: it involves AI)! Also, hear Tom’s thoughts on AI & LLMs in general – including why sometimes just the basic version of a model is enough.

Steve Jones sits down for a chat with Jeff Foster, Redgate’s Director of Technology & Innovation, at the company’s Cambridge, UK headquarters. The main subject covered is hugely topical – AI – with Jeff explaining how he feels about AI today and how it might impact us, and our jobs, in the future. You’ll also learn a bit more about Jeff’s background and Redgate’s ways of working.

To kick off Season 3, host Steve Jones is joined by Mike Bowers, Chief Architect at data technology company FairCom. The conversation includes an overview of Mike’s background, the work he does at FairCom, plenty of SQL talk, and advice on getting into the industry.

What can you get away with in a cloud-managed service like Azure SQL MI? Tonie Huizer discovered that while some limits are hard, others are surprisingly bendable. It’s not quite the locked-down black box you might expect...

Redgate Flyway extends DevOps practices to your databases to speed up software delivery while keeping business-critical data safe. From version control to continuous delivery, Redgate Flyway helps individuals, teams, and enterprises build on application delivery processes to automate database development and deployments.

Managing credentials gets trickier as your Flyway project grows, especially when databases contain sensitive data. In this episode, Tony and Tonie break down how Flyway’s Property Resolvers help you keep secrets safe by pulling them securely from local or cloud-based stores, avoiding hardcoding them into config files.

Managing credentials gets trickier as your Flyway project grows, especially when databases contain sensitive data. In this episode, Tony and Tonie break down how Flyway’s Property Resolvers help you keep secrets safe by pulling them securely from local or cloud-based stores, avoiding hardcoding them into config files.

Can Flyway Autopilot really help you get up and running with database migrations, CI/CD, and deployment best practices in under 20 minutes? In this special episode, Tonie and Tony sit down with Huxley Kendell, the co-creator of Flyway Autopilot, to find out what it does, how it works, and what inspired him to build it. Whether you're new to Flyway or looking to improve how your team handles database changes, this is your shortcut to getting started.

Flyway’s add command creates an empty migration file of the required type, with the correct name and version number, and saves it in the right folder—ready for use. Why is this so useful? Automation! Tonie and Tony investigate.