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The 737 Platform
The 737 Platform
One of the tracks at Level Up 2019 was on Build. How do we build our products for the future? We’ve going to have bigger customers with…
Jeff Foster
Mar 21
Why don’t planes crash?
Why don’t planes crash?
In 2017, the Aviation Safety Network reported that there were zero recorded deaths in commercial passenger jets. Given that planes fly at…
Jeff Foster
Mar 20
… something on Pull Requests vs Trunk Based Development
… something on Pull Requests vs Trunk Based Development
I’m a strong believer in Trunk Based Development (TBD). If you’re not sure what that is, there’s a very good resource here…
TheCodeCleaner
Mar 19
Level Up 2019 Programme
Level Up 2019 Programme
In 2018, we ran our first Level Up conference. For 2019, we’re Improving Level Up!
Jeff Foster
Mar 18
Real options and refactoring
Real options and refactoring
How thinking in options helps assuage our fear of uncertainty and reduces unnecessary work.
Mark Jordan
Mar 17
Building a high performance team with retrospective meetings
Building a high performance team with retrospective meetings
Urgh, meetings. They’re such a waste of time — this was definitely how I have been feeling when I first started my career, when I just…
Chen Chen
Mar 15
How did we get to service meshes?
How did we get to service meshes?
If you’ve been to a conference over the last few years, you’ve probably come across microservices. A microservice architecture consists of…
Jeff Foster
Mar 10
What they never taught you about being a designer
What they never taught you about being a designer
Recently I picked up on a Twitter thread from the awesome Erika Hall on the subject of ‘the essential skills or qualities most often see…
Matthew Godfrey
Mar 8
Testing and the confidence pyramid
Testing and the confidence pyramid
Much has been written about the classical test pyramid. The basic idea is straightforward — try to write more fast, isolated tests and…
Mark Jordan
Feb 21
SQL Prompt goes on the offensive in the War on Bugs
SQL Prompt goes on the offensive in the War on Bugs
On the Prompt team, dealing with support tickets is an integral part of the job, and with over 70,000 monthly active users, we get more…
Thomas Walsh
Feb 18
Aggregates in Domain Driven Design
Aggregates in Domain Driven Design
Motivation for this blog is to share some understanding on aggregates — what they are and why they are important. Having experienced the…
Chen Chen
Feb 15
Improving Level Up
Improving Level Up
How Redgate has learnt from our first ever internal product development conference to make this year’s event, Level Up 2019, even better.
Chris Smith
Feb 15
… something on setting out with a new team
… something on setting out with a new team
“We don’t know where we’re going, but we need to get there fast”
TheCodeCleaner
Feb 11
When your ‘Best Practices’ are only your ‘Best guess’ with regards to SQL Server configuration.
When your ‘Best Practices’ are only your ‘Best guess’ with regards ...
SQL Server configuration plays a vital role in health of your SQL Estate. Your needs may vary depending on the purpose of the server, or…
Chris Spalton
Feb 8
NDC London 2019
NDC London 2019
Last week I went to NDC London. It was my first time there and I really enjoyed it as it was a chance to listen to some great speakers and…
Diogo Duarte
Feb 5
The Intrepid Path to Design Leadership
The Intrepid Path to Design Leadership
It’s now over two years since I went from being an individual contributor and moved into a design leadership role; which seemed like an…
Matthew Godfrey
Feb 4
Exploiting OpenAPI to go cross-platform
Exploiting OpenAPI to go cross-platform
Historically, Redgate has been primarily focused on building tools for professionals working on the SQL Server platform, but this is now…
John Yarham
Feb 4
What makes a senior engineer at Redgate?
What makes a senior engineer at Redgate?
At Redgate, we’ve always had a very flat organizational structure. This has meant that progression at Redgate can seem unclear. To try and…
Jeff Foster
Feb 4
… something on Code Habitability
… something on Code Habitability
Kevlin Henney (@KevlinHenney) talks of a property of code which means it is easy to live in:
TheCodeCleaner
Feb 1
Building a customer insights repository
Building a customer insights repository
Imagine if at the start of every new project, you had to forget everything that you know about customers within that domain. Everything…
Neil Turner
Feb 1
A mob of Orcas
A mob of Orcas
Our team’s experiences with mob programming (and how you can do it too)
Mark Jordan
Jan 30
Error handling in the SQL Change Automation SSMS extension
Error handling in the SQL Change Automation SSMS extension
How we established a pattern for error handling across our new REST API.
Mikiel Agutu
Jan 22
Why try a zero bug policy?
Why try a zero bug policy?
One of the hot topics at Redgate right now is the zero bug policy. Some teams are really keen, while others remain more sceptical.
Gareth Bragg
Jan 16
Dependency Injection in SQL Monitor
Dependency Injection in SQL Monitor
Moving to DI has been a substantial task that improves the architecture of SQL Monitor and provides a number of significant benefits.
Michael Clark
Jan 9
Why Did We Shift Away From Database-Generated Ids?
Why Did We Shift Away From Database-Generated Ids?
Our reasons on why we decided to shift away from a database-generated Ids while building a Data Catalog for SQL Server…
Tugberk Ugurlu
Dec 21, 2018
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