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Why SSIS will never die - with Tim Mitchell

Steve is joined by business intelligence architect and author Tim Mitchell. They discuss why SSIS will never die, the general pros of cons of integration services, the evolution from XML to JSON, how AI can help with coding, and taekwondo – among other topics! Recorded on-site at PASS Data Community Summit 2025.

The Analyst View on Data Sovereignty with TechMarketView

Perspectives from the Edge: Episode 2 Data sovereignty isn't a solo effort. It's a symphony. Data sovereignty is moving fast up the agenda. But who's orchestrating it? The second episode of Perspectives from the Edge explores the subject through an analyst’s laser lens, in conversation with Kate Hanaghan, Chief Research Officer at TechMarketView. Find out how AI and platform consolidation make data harder to control, how to bake sovereignty into your business from the start – and why the organisations getting it right treat ecosystems as a strategy, not just a procurement exercise.

How Developers Build a Meaningful Career in the Age of AI

What does a meaningful developer career look like in the age of AI? We brought together four experts to answer exactly that. In this GitKon panel, GitKraken CMO Kate Adams moderates a conversation with Leon Noel (Managing Director of Engineering, Resilient Coders), Danny Thompson (Director of Technology and host of The Programming Podcast), Maggie Hunter (Recruitment Lead, GitKraken), and Dimitry Fonarev (CEO, Testkube) to explore how software engineers can future-proof their careers, grow their skills, and navigate an industry that is changing fast.

Cortex and Syntasso join forces to bridge the gap between automation and visibility

I've spent a lot of time talking to platform teams who feel like they're running in circles. They build incredible automation to speed up service delivery, but even when it's running perfectly, nobody actually knows what's happening across the organization. It's hard to see who owns which service or if those services even meet basic company standards. Automation's a great start, but it usually hits a wall when you try to scale it.

Code Compare 5.5 R1 Adds Integration Support for Visual Studio 2026

We’re excited to share Code Compare 5.5 R1, the latest update to our code comparison and merge tool. This release adds integration support for Visual Studio 2026, so teams can compare changes and resolve merge conflicts directly within the IDE workflow they already use. With Code Compare 5.5 R1, developers can review differences, apply merges, and handle conflicts in Visual Studio 2026 using the same comparison experience they rely on across projects and repositories.

Your Flaky Tests Are a Data Problem, Not a Test Problem

Your tests are not flaky. Your test data is. That 401 Unauthorized that fails every Monday morning? The OAuth token in your test fixture expired 72 hours ago. The order_id that works in staging but not in CI? It was hardcoded six months ago and the format changed from integer to UUID in January. The timestamp assertion that passes at 2pm and fails at midnight? You are comparing a hardcoded 2026-01-15T14:30:00Z against Date.now(). These are not test infrastructure problems. Retrying them will not help.