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DevOps and the Database Bottleneck

on YouTube 27m
Talkat DevOpsDays Boston 2019 · 2019-09-23..09-24· [databases, devops-and-delivery]

speaker

name:Dan Zentgraf
bluesky:danzentgraf.bsky.social

resources

video:https://youtu.be/6lePgmJ4x7c
slides:none on file

summary

Databases create a delivery bottleneck and the concrete routes out are automation and process, not buzzwords. The talk contrasts migration-based (change-first, needs SQL expertise, easy to group releases) with state-based (state-first, good diff detection, easier bulk changes but hard to merge), cites surprising ratios like 200 to 1 developers to DBAs, and insists on versioning scripts, static SQL checks, automated CI/CD pipelines, production-like refreshable environments and clear rollback or reset strategies; no demo tools are shown.

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chapters (5)

  1. 0:00Start
  2. 4:12THE THING ABOUT DATABASES
  3. 12:33OBSERVATIONS - STRENGTHS
  4. 14:02OBSERVATIONS - WEAKNESSES
  5. 26:06RESOURCES

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