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Michael Schmidt
Oct 15th, 2025 | 11 min read
Why SQL Still Rules the Data World in 2025
SQL is Dead. Long Live SQL! I have been in Enterprise IT for 30 years. Long enough to see many hypes come and go, and a graveyard filled with failed promises made by sales reps and consultants promisi
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Rob Pankow
Oct 03rd, 2025 | 9 min read
Why Platform Engineering Should Own the Database Experience
Recently I have spoken to many cloud-native organizations with strong platform engineering teams. I’ve seen a clear pattern across those platform teams. They build golden paths on Kubernetes, automa
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Chris Engelbert
Sep 18th, 2025 | 19 min read
Underrated Postgres: Build Multi-Tenancy with Row-Level Security
Building multi-tenant applications requires developers to ensure correct queries at every step along the way. Typically, we’d fall back on using WHERE clauses and pass along necessary constraint
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Chris Engelbert
Aug 28th, 2025 | 10 min read
Faster Feedback for Database Changes – How Real Database Branching Changes the Game
TLDR; Database change management process is a great solution to keep track and automatically apply database schema changes. This process doesn’t eliminate the human factor, though. When writing
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Chris Engelbert
Aug 14th, 2025 | 9 min read
Why Mock Databases Kill QA Confidence
TL;DR: Mock databases are great for quick unit tests, but they fail to catch the real-world issues from production environments. For reliable database testing, you need database clones that mirror you
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