SQLSaturday Porto 2016

This was my second SQLSaturday Porto as member of the organization team and my first time as speaker. After the stressful initial preparation: conference rooms, speakers room, check-in area, networking/coffee break area and all the other logistic details, I presented my session about source control for database. The feeling and the feedback from attendees and speakers about  the event organization was globally positive. The same thing can be said about my talk. You can find the slides here:

SQLPort 22 September 2016 @ Aveiro, Database source control: Migrations vs State

This was the first SQLPort event held in Aveiro. I was invited by Niko Neugebauer to deliver a session and I chose to explore the topic migrations-based approach vs state-based approach for database source control. The purpose of my talk was to let audience know about the two existing approaches to start with source control at database level. After presenting the advantages and disadvantages of each approach I promoted a discussion with the participants so they could understand how, where

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Agile, Scrum and DevOps – The workshop

The workshop “Agile, Scrum and DevOps – Let’s Play with LEGO” is part of  TugaIT 2017 conference schedule and will happen at May 18th. TugaIT 2017 is one the greatest Portuguese IT conference and will happen between May 18th and 20th – 3 days with sessions and workshops to provide the highest possible quality training and knowledge to the community, on a variety of topics. My friend and agile coach Nuno Rafael Gomes (@nrgomes) challenged me to take his original

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Roadmap review and retrospective 2015: Hello WordPress

Introduction to WordPress My first wordpress post: SQLSaturday#429 Porto 2015 experience Recovering an old post: Arduino Christmas Lights My first Porto.Data presentation: XIV Porto.Data 15 December 2015 In the end of 2015 I decided to create this blog with the purpose of documenting and sharing the acquired knowledge during my professional and personal journal. Writing what I learn is a good habit and helps me to structure my knowledge. Plus, is good to share with more people and even better get some feedback

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DevOps Porto as TugaIT 2017 participating community

TugaIT is one the the greatest IT conferences that happens in Portugal. The TugaIT 2017 edition will happen between 18 and 20 of May in Lisbon (Microsoft HQ). This 3 day conference includes workshops and talks and the following tracks: Azure Infrastructure, Agile & DevOps, Integration, Microsoft Data Platform, Office 365, Open Source Data Platform, PowerShell, Professional Development, Programming, SharePoint. As a member of DevOps Porto I’m proud to represent one of the participating communities of TugaIT 2017. As a member

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Flyway command-line easy setup

One of the reasons for adopting the Flyway command-line was the easy setup process (no need to install). First, I will show how to set up Flyway for a single database, i.e., as if have only one database in your server, and than the setup for multiple databases in a server. Single database You can download Flyway command-line here. After downloading and extracting you have the following folders/files structure: In this case, it’s only necessary to work the “flyway.conf” file

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#c9d9 Continuous Discussions, Open Source and DevOps

During my vacations in August I participated on a Continuous Discussions (#c9d9) episode about Open Source and DevOps. Continuous Discussions is a community initiative powered by Electric Cloud, and consists of a series of community panels about Agile, Continuous Delivery and Devops. This formate, a discussion panel that debates different perspectives about a specific topic, surprised me with the interaction and fun that was to make part of this event. So, well done #c9d9, I really enjoyed. Following, some insights

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Porto.Data 28 July 2016, Delivering changes for applications and databases

Last July at PortoData event I made my first co-presentation with my friend Miguel Alho (@MytyMyky) and the explored topic was the relationship between databases and applications in the development process. After doing some presentations about database developing process and DevOps, this presentation was the “missing link” that allows the audience to see the “big picture”. The presentation chosen title was “Delivering changes for applications and databases” and its content is the result of the shared experience by me and

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Agile Connect and the DevOps challenge

“How about the operations?” This was a recurring question in the conversations that I had with Nuno Rafael (@nrgomes). After several discussions about agile methodologies and his effects and challenges on the operations world I accepted his challenge to deliver a session at Agile Connect community about DevOps. I decided to give my session, made at June 29, the following title: “DbOps, DevOps and Ops” because my first contact with operations was at database level (as DBA), then I progressed to infrastructure

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TugaIT 2016, Road to database automation

The TugaIT 2016, May 21, was so far the biggest event that I participated was a speaker. The logistic challenge was characterized by 9 tracks, each track with 6 sessions, making a total of 64 sessions. At the end of the event two combined words remain in my mind: monstrously amazing. My participation on the TugaIT event started on the day before, Friday May 20, with the workshop “Deep walkthrough of some of the most popular/innovative features in SQL server storage engine” by

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