DBRE Consistency & Automation Checklist
Use this checklist to assess your environment, identify gaps, and make automation reliable. Start small and do one section at a time. How to Use…
Career Content for Database Administrators and Database Reliability Engineers
Use this checklist to assess your environment, identify gaps, and make automation reliable. Start small and do one section at a time. How to Use…
If you work in operations, whether you are a DBA, DBRE, SRE, or somewhere in between, you already know most work is urgent. Something always…
Last year, while speaking at PASS about imposter syndrome, another topic that kept coming up in conversations was knowledge hoarding. At the time, I didn’t…
Lately, I’ve been asked a lot about the path of a DBRE. What does the role look like? What do you need to know? How…
I want to share some Git best practices (and a few of the worst) that I’ve picked up over the years. These are things you…
I kept hearing the term “quiet quitting” and at first, I didn’t know what it meant. Then I looked around and realized I was seeing it…
Most DBAs start their careers in a firefighting mindset. I sure did. Systems go down, war rooms are daily, alerts blow up, and dashboards light…
Most of my energy lately has been devoted to building new skills and stepping into new challenges, including pursuing a Master’s degree in Database Administration…

As I reflect on my journey as a DBA, I realize how much the landscape has shifted over the years. With the rise of cloud…

As a woman in tech, I’ve often found myself as the only female in most of my Computer Science classes in college, so it is…