DBAle

Our guest host, and the fountain of knowledge that is, Grant Fritchey, gets into the spirit early enjoying a Beer Can with Chris. Going head-to-head in the ultimate DBAle showdown, Grant pits Chris v Chris as they battle it out to correctly guess insights from the brand new 2021 State of Database DevOps Report. So, grab yourself a beer, pick a Chris to bet on and play along at home– cheers.

With a new year and a new lockdown upon us, Chris and Chris stay local with their choice of January brews. Our hosts get ready to rumble as they take on Blue Monday armed with their top 10 tips to boost your mood. They talk chittering monkeys, Chucklevision and Grim Fandango to emphasise the importance of self-care in these continually testing times. So, grab yourself a beer and help us celebrate reaching 10,000 unique downloads– cheers!

Join our Chris-tmas duo on an end-to-end database journey in this cracker of an episode where even the beers are getting Festiv-O. There's no gold, frankincense, and myrrh, instead our two (not so) wise men build and incrementally deliver NuGet presents down your pipeline chimney. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in for the last DBAle of 2020 - cheers!

To kick off DBAle episode 26, our (potentially) renegade hosts raise a Dubbel chalice to Toast the beer they are most thankful for. In this season of giving, Chris and Chris discuss the greatest gift of all, feedback! They talk professional growth, database change management cycles, and of course Eurovision. The News segment stays on theme with the State of Database DevOps Survey and how your DBAle feedback can win you the gift of beer. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.

Our DBAle hosts celebrate this milestone quarter century by sampling Bonnie Scotland's finest brews, provided by the French. Chris tells Chris exactly where he can shove his SQL Server Databases as they talk acronyms: IaaS, PaaS, DBaaS, RDS and AWS. While, in The News we take off with sky high ICO fines, Monitoring RDS and the importance of Aardvarks in Redgate's recent 21st birthday. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.

Our hosts have reached nirvana with friends of the show sending them beers. Chris braves a home brew from Stephen's mate John, while other Chris enjoys toffee and biscuits. They discuss the huge array of feathers in the Flyway cap from what and why, to how and when. Finally, The News takes us to Nigeria for more data breach tales and find out how to join your favorite podcast hosts at SQL Bits Online. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.

In this Clone of our previous Clone episode, Chris and Chris mix it up, talking Clones for data security. A plethora of fun facts are revealed as they talk PII, fishing and the unfortunate BBQ incident which led to Chris not drinking Shepherd Neame. In The News our hosts announce the return of the DBAle Pub Quiz and Data Breach Monthly features Experian, Blackbaud and a Scottish hospital. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.

Our hosts reunite to celebrate the arrival of Chris's very own clone. They raise a glass of Black Sheep in homage to Dolly, and spin-up a discussion on the multiple benefits of cloning. In the return of the news, Chris and Chris Twitter on a Bit about cat pictures, Barack Obama and the garden of England. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.

As DBAle turns 21, we celebrate our first legal beer in the US with Microsoft MVP and BI Evangelist, Reid Havens. While enjoying their choice of beer from the West Coast to the West Country, Reid gives Chris and Chris a home school education on the world of BI. There is inevitable scope creep with discussions on peanut butter and Portland, and the news takes on the elephant in the Zoom. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.

Chris and Chris are joined by their first celebrity guest of the year, the very sufferable Kendra Little. The usual beer chat deviates to include talk of Eagles, Turkeys and Buffalos, while our hosts nerd out on their favorite statistics from the 2020 State of Database DevOps Report. We also see the return of the news segment and a surprise S Club 7 discussion. So, grab yourself a beer and tune in – cheers.