DBAle
40 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEach episode Chris and Chris will be discussing topics and news from the world of SQL Server, while enjoying and chatting about beer! So, grab yourself a beer and tune in, cheers.
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DBAle 39: Short stories- the beginning, Moet, and end of Season One
December 21, 2021 10:12 - 42 minutes - 96.7 MBIt’s the most wonderful time of the year, that’s right it’s International Short Story Day. Our narrative covers Agile stories, Developer stories, short girl appreciation, and of course a novel Unwin original, or 3. In ‘The News’ we read all about Log4j, Y2K and Minecraft, before our hosts drop a big bang bombshell, turning a page in the book of life. It’s true poetry in motion as Chris and Chris raise their Moet (reading) glasses in testament to a whopping 39.5 episodes of DBAle Season One. ...
DBAle 38: That’s absurd! Does it even pass as database development?
November 21, 2021 14:00 - 49 minutes - 114 MBIt’s officially National Absurdity Day! Although, this could pass as just another DBAle. In the (soya) meat of the episode, our hosts pass the time discussing the frankly absurd database development practices that are somehow still passable in 2021. While the news celebrates the PASS Data Community Summit, and the importance of passwords in data security with Troy Hunt. So, pass yourself a beer, a champers, or a Passoa, and tune in – cheers.
DBAle 37: Neuro (just not name) diversity
October 21, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBYour usual Chris duo becomes a trio, as they welcome Friend of Redgate and autism spectrum self-advocate, Chris Voss. Only our 2nd ever guest Chris on the show, he joins us to demystify the myths of neurodiversity, its meaning, influence, and prevalence within the IT sector. Things get a little hazy as our Chris trinity start on the beer, but they keep IT relevant talking cloud, widgets, and acronyms. So, grab yourself a beer and join the Chris trifecta – cheers.
DBAle 36: The triple threat-happiness, gratitude, and beer
September 21, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 132 MBIt’s DBAle³ as we celebrate 3(ish) years of episodes, International Week of Happiness at Work, and World Gratitude Day. To commemorate, our jovial Chris duo divulge what makes them happy at Redgate and share their top tips for a happier workplace. What better way to start than with Jonny’s mate’s questionable home brew? So, grab yourself a beer and join the jamboree – cheers.
DBAle 35: High performing database development models
August 31, 2021 09:57 - 50 minutes - 115 MBA little late for Tokyo 2020, our athletic pair dive back in, to judge the bronze, silver, and gold of database development models. From version control and CI/CD to cultural buy in, what makes the difference between disqualification and international glory. Our hosts relay enjoy their beer of Champions, while in the news we track why record breaking isn’t such a win when it comes to GDPR fines. So, grab yourself a beer and join us for the medal ceremony.
DBAle 34: Standardize to the moon and back
July 21, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 121 MBOur out of this world hosts are back on what is both Space Exploration, and Moon Day. In this galactic episode our space cowboys explore why standardization should be the centre of your universe to avoid crash landing. We launch into the news taking flight with an update on the BA breach and a black hole in VW data, plus upcoming events to transport you to another world. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in for blast off.
DBAle 33: Data Cataloging, a giraffe’s eye view
June 21, 2021 09:32 - 50 minutes - 115 MBOn World Giraffe Day, our tower of Chris’s look at how taking a top level, giraffe’s eye, view of your data protection is not enough. Our hosts outline how to do a Proper Job of classifying and cataloguing your data to prevent things going a bit sour, like Chris’s beer. In The News we talk sports, from Excel-ing at Data Modelling to the theft of FIFA 2021 Source Code, and how one small change broke 85% of the Fastly internet network. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.
DBAle 32: Hot Fixes-Hero or Villain?
May 21, 2021 12:26 - 1 hour - 139 MBIt’s officially “I need a patch for that day” and to celebrate our hosts have gone all out, quaffing the West Country’s finest cocktail. Talking all things patching, Chris and Chris tackle the million $ debate: hot fixes- hero or villain? In The News we hear how delays reporting a data breach can cost you a Booking, and it’s no longer just your emails being breached, how secure is your phone number? So, grab yourself a beer, a patch, and tune in – cheers.
DBAle 31: Monitoring matters for modern data management
April 21, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 125 MBIs it a beer, is it a muffin or is it a Panda Pop? Who knows but at 9% strength, producer Louise joins our Chris duo as plan B, to monitor proceedings. Very fitting as our discussion focuses on monitoring for the modern data age. We talk busyness, hybrid estates, tooling, Multi-RDBMS, and a surprising amount about car mechanics. In The News we debate scrape or breach, and the potential maximum fines for the latest Facebook scandal. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.
DBAle 30: If it ain’t DevSecOps…what is it?
March 23, 2021 10:19 - 53 minutes - 121 MBWith both hosts back on the beer to celebrate a momentous milestone, we talk Kiwis and Shoop (ba doop ba doop), sparking inspiration for a future episode. Chris and Chris break it down with DevSecOps. Fear not, there’s no rapping, just a lyrical breakdown of the place and role of security within DevOps. Something the organizations featured in our bumper News segment could do with learning about. So, grab yourself a beer and cheers to DBAle turning 30.
DBAle 29: Guess the State of Database DevOps in 2021
February 21, 2021 13:00 - 58 minutes - 135 MBOur guest host, and the fountain of knowledge that is, Grant Fritchey, gets into the spirit early enjoying a Beer Can with Chris. Going head-to-head in the ultimate DBAle showdown, Grant pits Chris v Chris as they battle it out to correctly guess insights from the brand new 2021 State of Database DevOps Report. So, grab yourself a beer, pick a Chris to bet on and play along at home– cheers.
DBAle 28: Beat the January Brews
January 21, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBWith a new year and a new lockdown upon us, Chris and Chris stay local with their choice of January brews. Our hosts get ready to rumble as they take on Blue Monday armed with their top 10 tips to boost your mood. They talk chittering monkeys, Chucklevision and Grim Fandango to emphasise the importance of self-care in these continually testing times. So, grab yourself a beer and help us celebrate reaching 10,000 unique downloads– cheers!
DBAle 27: Continuous Delivery with Chris, Chris and Santa
December 15, 2020 11:44 - 1 hour - 189 MBJoin our Chris-tmas duo on an end-to-end database journey in this cracker of an episode where even the beers are getting Festiv-O. There’s no gold, frankincense, and myrrh, instead our two (not so) wise men build and incrementally deliver NuGet presents down your pipeline chimney. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in for the last DBAle of 2020 - cheers!
DBAle 26: Giving thanks for feedback
November 27, 2020 17:33 - 54 minutes - 124 MBTo kick off DBAle episode 26, our (potentially) renegade hosts raise a Dubbel chalice to Toast the beer they are most thankful for. In this season of giving, Chris and Chris discuss the greatest gift of all, feedback! They talk professional growth, database change management cycles, and of course Eurovision. The News segment stays on theme with the State of Database DevOps Survey and how your DBAle feedback can win you the gift of beer. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.
DBAle 25: DBAle as a Service (DBAleaaS)
October 29, 2020 10:47 - 56 minutes - 128 MBOur DBAle hosts celebrate this milestone quarter century by sampling Bonnie Scotland’s finest brews, provided by the French. Chris tells Chris exactly where he can shove his SQL Server Databases as they talk acronyms: IaaS, PaaS, DBaaS, RDS and AWS. While, in The News we take off with sky high ICO fines, Monitoring RDS and the importance of Aardvarks in Redgate's recent 21st birthday. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.
DBAle 24: Come Flyway with me
September 25, 2020 10:59 - 56 minutes - 129 MBOur hosts have reached nirvana with friends of the show sending them beers. Chris braves a home brew from Stephen’s mate John, while other Chris enjoys toffee and biscuits. They discuss the huge array of feathers in the Flyway cap from what and why, to how and when. Finally, The News takes us to Nigeria for more data breach tales and find out how to join your favorite podcast hosts at SQL Bits Online. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.
DBAle 23: A Clone of the last one
August 25, 2020 10:39 - 52 minutes - 119 MBIn this Clone of our previous Clone episode, Chris and Chris mix it up, talking Clones for data security. A plethora of fun facts are revealed as they talk PII, fishing and the unfortunate BBQ incident which led to Chris not drinking Shepherd Neame. In The News our hosts announce the return of the DBAle Pub Quiz and Data Breach Monthly features Experian, Blackbaud and a Scottish hospital. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.
DBAle 22: A Clone of the next one
July 22, 2020 14:47 - 1 hour - 140 MBOur hosts reunite to celebrate the arrival of Chris’s very own clone. They raise a glass of Black Sheep in homage to Dolly, and spin-up a discussion on the multiple benefits of cloning. In the return of the news, Chris and Chris Twitter on a Bit about cat pictures, Barack Obama and the garden of England. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.
DBAle 21: Is there Business Intelligence out there?
May 13, 2020 10:44 - 55 minutes - 126 MBAs DBAle turns 21, we celebrate our first legal beer in the US with Microsoft MVP and BI Evangelist, Reid Havens. While enjoying their choice of beer from the West Coast to the West Country, Reid gives Chris and Chris a home school education on the world of BI. There is inevitable scope creep with discussions on peanut butter and Portland, and the news takes on the elephant in the Zoom. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.
DBAle 20: The poignant state of Database DevOps
April 03, 2020 19:08 - 1 hour - 173 MBChris and Chris are joined by their first celebrity guest of the year, the very sufferable Kendra Little. The usual beer chat deviates to include talk of Eagles, Turkeys and Buffalos, while our hosts nerd out on their favorite statistics from the 2020 State of Database DevOps Report. We also see the return of the news segment and a surprise S Club 7 discussion. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.
DBAle 19.5: Home brewed
March 18, 2020 18:33 - 40 minutes - 62.4 MBIn this DBAle special our, duo of Chris's are joined by producer Louise as, like many people across the world right now, they adjust to their new routine of working from home. With their personal choice of beer in hand, our presenter trio discuss the highs and lows of home working. They share their personal tips and tricks to keep you productive, engaged and to maintain your work / life balance. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle 19: Continuous delivery of perfectly deployed beer
February 20, 2020 18:19 - 53 minutes - 78.5 MBIn their eternal quest for continuous delivery of perfectly deployed beer, Chris and Chris are joined by their favorite Dallas Blonde (but actually brunette) Ryan Rousseau, Continuous Delivery Architect at Octopus Deploy. Joining live from Dallas, Texas, Ryan takes our hosts on a Deep (Ellum Brewery) dive into deployments, talking all things Kubernetes, blue-green, canaries and even turquoise. So, grab a beer and tune in y’all - cheers!
DBAle 18: The beer and data Hybrid
January 31, 2020 11:39 - 56 minutes - 88.3 MBKicking off the year dry January style, our sober duo sample a Ship Full of alcohol-free beer. In a DBAle exclusive, Chris and Chris introduce Redgate’s new ‘Hybrid Model’ workflow. Offering the best of both worlds by combining state-based Source Control with automation by migration scripts, this Hybrid is a game changer. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle 17: Containers of beer and bad jokes
December 20, 2019 13:39 - 43 minutes - 67.5 MBTo celebrate the end of the decade our Chris duo are joined by their first celebrity guest, SQL Server Central Editor and Microsoft MVP Steve Jones. In this episode, courtesy of Hackney Brewery, they ‘Have it all’: containers, data privacy, Data Catalog, bad jokes, dog names and the ever-popular data breach news. So, grab yourself a festive beer and tune in for the last DBAle of 2019 - cheers!
DBAle 16: Highly available but completely redundant hosts
November 21, 2019 15:52 - 53 minutes - 107 MBChris and Chris return with an active-passive approach to all things High Availability; they talk Log Shipping, Replication, Clustering, Mirroring and Availability Groups. In the news we hear the latest Microsoft announcement along with our regular Data Breach round-up. Reminiscing about his time at PASS Summit in Seattle, Chris has an Un-win whilst enjoying a can of Pike IPA. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle 15: Where does your data go?
October 14, 2019 11:01 - 45 minutes - 71.1 MBEpisode 15 brings you a bumper crop of DBAle-ness. Chris and Chris assess the ‘quenchability’ of their Founders All Day IPA, and question if it is from Oregon. Data breaches are a focus again, but this time it’s the after affects of what happens to your data. They talk spear phishing, watering holes, ransomware and the dark web. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle 14: 20 Years of Ingenious Simplicity
August 15, 2019 10:06 - 47 minutes - 69.6 MBOur Chris duo return with another reason to celebrate: 20 years of Redgate! We talk Aardvarks in 2000, Ants in 2005 and English IPA’s in 2019. There are nostalgic stories from the SQL Community, tales from The Book of Redgate, and the news brings not just data breach woes but the big reveal of DBAle Live-The Chris Trifecta. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in to celebrate with us - cheers!
DBAle 13: Fully Stacked
July 15, 2019 12:02 - 53 minutes - 102 MBIt’s our 1st birthday and we have a fully stacked episode to celebrate! Chris and Chris discuss the rise of the full stack dev and question if the GDPR will have the teeth to enforce the first IOC imposed fines. They also divulge their beer, topic and news highlights from the past 12 episodes whilst enjoying an authentic Kolsch. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in to celebrate with us - cheers!
DBAle 12: Around the World in 80 Data Privacy Laws
May 24, 2019 12:01 - 59 minutes - 94.9 MBOur Chris and Chris duo have truly embraced the spirit of Data Privacy Week, championing their favorite data privacy legislation and battling it out in a data privacy card game! Discover what the Reunion Island and St Martin have in common, and how Salesforce could have avoided a major ‘oopsy-daisy,’ if only they listened to DBAle! So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle 11: DBAle but PoSher
April 29, 2019 11:45 - 47 minutes - 70 MBEpisode 11 gets a solid 4 thumbs up from our Chris Duo! They hit the jackpot with their perfectly named beer, DB Ale and discuss how DBA’s can win big too with DBA Tools. Run by the community for the community, DBA Tools makes the monotonous fast, simple & repeatable with over 500 PowerShell commandlets freely available. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle 10: Travelling the GLOBs
March 26, 2019 13:29 - 53 minutes - 77.9 MBChris and Chris have been busy globetrotting this month and episode 10 follows their lead, discussing how you keep things running ‘tickety-boo’ as part of a globally distributed team. Even the beer itself took a journey from a far located land, and apparently has the taste of Heather Eel!! So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle 09: Monitor the state of the 8%
February 14, 2019 12:30 - 51 minutes - 99.9 MBJoin Chris and Chris as they debate the state of your estate: monitoring your estate, managing your estate and the transparency of your estate! But what will be the state of our hosts after 8% Trappist Achel? Also, for episode 9 we celebrate the upcoming SQL Monitor V9 release by offering you a pre-release sneak peek. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle 08: Keep it secret, keep it safe
January 18, 2019 15:22 - 49 minutes - 97.3 MBIt’s a new year, a new episode and a new type of beer! 2019 starts with a focus on Passwords as Chris and Chris discuss rainbow tables, hashes and have you been Pwned? The regular news segment stays on topic with German hackers, class action lawsuits and cyber-attack stats. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle 07: “Twas the night before deployment”- the festive tale of Santa's big bang release
December 19, 2018 14:16 - 43 minutes - 62.6 MBOur Chris-tmas duo have gone all festive for episode Seven. Christmas facts, Christmas jokes and of course Christmas Ale! Don’t miss your chance to hear the DBA take on a festive classic, The Night before Christmas, penned and performed by the show’s own Chris Unwin. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle 06: Six masking tips you don’t want to PASS up on
November 28, 2018 14:39 - 52 minutes - 102 MBFor episode six, Chris and Chris enjoy a sophisticated tipple of Gentleman’s Wit while examining six things you might not know about data masking. Our Chris duo couldn’t PASS up a guest appearance from a third Chris, and they also reveal how you can win some beers courtesy of Redgate! So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle 05: Servers that go bump in the night(time)
October 30, 2018 17:26 - 53 minutes - 105 MBThis special Halloween-themed edition of DBAle features spooks, scares, and horrors as our Chris duo run down their top 10 list of SQL Server tricks and treats. They're also reminded once again about the importance of backups, as they uncover a frightful case of disappearing beer! So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle: 04 Testing, testing 123 & how do you say Kanban Board?
September 19, 2018 12:25 - 41 minutes - 81.8 MBEpisode 4 is all about testing: automated testing, test driven development, testing environments, and of course beer testing! On this occasion, Chris and Chris taste test a refreshing IPA from friends-of-the-show Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. The news segment features the latest data breach story to hit the headlines and Microsoft's newest release: Azure DevOps. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle: 03 Is DB DevOps ROI intangible and what’s been happening with HIPAA
August 15, 2018 15:18 - 46 minutes - 90.7 MBDBAle episode 3 finds Chris and Chris questioning how to measure the return on investment when implementing database DevOps, whilst the increasingly popular news section turns its focus to HIPAA. This week’s beverage of choice comes from Elk Warning and is a slight purchasing faux pas. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle: 02 Database Source Control, how and why?
July 30, 2018 13:25 - 44 minutes - 70.8 MBIn episode 2 of DBAle, our Chris-duo return this time to champion the merits of source controlling and automation. While deliberating the State, Migration, and Hybrid approaches, they sample an Einstok Icelandic Pale Ale. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in - cheers!
DBAle: 01 Pseudonymisation, Test Data and Patch all your stuff
July 23, 2018 16:00 - 38 minutes - 68.3 MBJoin Chris and Chris as they host the first ever Redgate Podcast! DBAle combines their 2 great loves-databases and beer! In this inaugural episode our Chris-duo discuss test data, hacking and legislation as they enjoy a nice cold can of Pride and Joy. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in, cheers.