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In this episode, special guest Blake Sherwood joins the show to discuss his unique career trajectory from tourism and coal mining to leading massive-scale Kubernetes migrations. Blake shares insights from his experience managing petabytes of data in high-compliance environments, delving into the practical realities of integrating AI into enterprise workflows and observability systems.

In this demo, we explore the AWS Database Migration and Modernization (D2M) framework, from Align and Assess through to Optimize, and show how Flyway helps simplify database versioning, automate deployments, and enable reliable CI/CD. See how to reduce risk, improve collaboration, and modernize your database workflows in the cloud with better visibility and control.

Are engineering teams quietly accepting more risk? Redgate's 2026 State of the Database Landscape report reveals that people are increasingly willing to accept more risk to be more productive and take full advantage of AI’s capabilities. Steve Jones, Kellyn Gorman, Grant Fritchey and Pat Wright share their thoughts on that in today's episode. They share stories from their own careers, debate on whether the decline of the DBA 'gatekeeper' role has weakened security practices, how AI is amplifying the problem - and much more.

Stop burning cloud credits blindly, here is how big tech actually scales AI with software factories. Learn more.