DBAle 36: The triple threat-happiness, gratitude, and beer

It’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. So, grab yourself a beer and join our legendary Chris duo for the last chapter – the end.

It’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.

Your 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.

It’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.

A 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.

Our 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.

On 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.

It’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.

Is 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.

With 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.