Working Better Under Pressure

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges DBAs face under pressure and the implications of quick fixes on system performance and tech debt.

One of my colleagues wrote a great post about DBAs and developers , about how a DBA's pushback on bad code isn't to be difficult, it's because they can see the future. I never thought of myself as a modern-day Nostradamus , predicting the future of system performance. Apparently I had another title besides DBA. Working under pressure and with short deadlines often leads to short cuts. I've made them. I've implemented quick hot fixes. I've forgotten to port changes back to development databases. I've increased our tech debt load, just to solve a more immediate problem. Read the rest of Working Better Under Pressure

People in this episode

Host: Steve Jones

Topics covered

• DBA
• developers
• system performance
• tech debt
• working under pressure
• short deadlines

Keywords

• DBA
• developers
• system performance
• tech debt
• hot fixes
• pressure
• deadlines

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