#49: AI DB Deployments Done Safely

AI in database deployments is inevitable. Whether it goes well depends entirely on where you use it, where you don't, and how you structure the pipeline around it.

Drawing on experience across dozens of deployments, this session walks through a practical agentic and AI-assisted approach covering branching, build, unit testing, audit and approvals, and parallel deployments - with honest takes on what actually works and what blows up in production.

Our speaker is Huxley Kendell, a DevOps expert from Redgate.

We'll be hosted at the rather wonderful Bradfield Centre, as usual.

Don't forget, we've moved to a new time from now onwards: doors open at 1800, and everything starts at 1830.

Here's the order of events. All times are UK time, and are approximate:

• 1800 Doors open: snacks, soft drinks and mixing
• 1830 Introductions, safety and parish notices (Jon or Steve)
• 1840 First session
• 1930 Break
• 1945 Second session
• 2045-2100 Tidy up and all out!

See you there!