Self-Service Databases

When I first started work as a software developer, I knew that getting an environment set up where I could compile a project might take a few hours or a few days. The complexities of how people built software projects, the dependencies, and more were handled in a very immature manner. These days I can often download a project from GitHub and compile it in minutes, with many of the issues handled automatically with various tools such as complex config files and package managers.

In the world of database development, I often find people struggle to get a database set up with a project. Whether you are coding in SQL, C#, or Java, many organizations haven't got a standard way of bringing up a database environment for developers. Some have a shared database for a team, which can be better, but can also lead to collisions of code as the pressure to get software built grows and team size increases.

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