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MigrationPilot is a static analysis tool for PostgreSQL schema migrations. It parses your SQL with the actual PostgreSQL parser (libpg-query), classifies every lock acquired, flags dangerous patterns ...

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The system-to-administrator ratio is commonly used as a rough metric to understand administrative costs in high-scale services. With smaller, less automated services this ratio can be as low as 2:1, ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. This is a continuation of a series of articles in which I briefly cover the main points of a specific topic in system ...

A DBA is a technician skilled in SQL and very large databases who is responsible for managing database software, backup and recovery processes, data security, and storage and capacity planning. In an ...