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Making Full Use of Environment Variables for Flyway | The Tony and Tonie Show

In this episode of The Tony and Tonie Show, the pair discuss how Environment Variables make interactive use of Flyway much easier, and how they are essential when developing callback scripts. This article explains the range of configuration details you can provide and how, and demos a PowerShell script to auto-convert the parameter values stored in Flyway.conf files into environment variables.

The DevEx Advantage: Understanding and Improving Developer Experience

Developer Experience (DevEx) is a general term that encompasses all of the interactions a developer has with their work environment. The tools that a developer uses, the processes they employ, and even the organizational culture, all play a role in establishing a great Developer Experience – or, unfortunately, a bad one.

Using SSIS Foreach Loop for Automated Data Processing

When you need to perform certain actions with each of the elements from an array that you don’t want to edit in any way, the SSIS forech loop container, a control flow task, comes in handy. Using it, you can easily iterate through items defined in a collection and automate processing them one by one. Eventually, this approach helps cut the time usually spent on manually handling each item from the dataset.

What's New in Devart Python Connectors: Support for Python 3.13, Enhanced Work With Queries, and More

Another release is coming your way! This time we have rolled out an update for our collection of high-performance Devart Python Connectors, which help access a variety of database servers and cloud services from Python applications and facilitate CRUD operations with data.

Top .NET Framework Trends of 2025 - What Developers Need to Know

The.NET ecosystem has come a long way, but the latest.NET Framework trends for 2025 prove there’s still much to explore and develop. Since its release in 2002, every newer version has brought some sort of upgrade, like the Parallel Task Library in.NET 4.0 and the shift to.NET Core in 2016. The introduction of later.NET versions unified these advancements to make development faster and more flexible. So, what does 2025 hold?

Continuous Improvement with Squadcast: Optimizing Incident Response for Long-Term Growth

Incident management plays a critical role in ensuring service reliability, customer satisfaction, and overall business success. Effective incident response is not a static process but one that benefits from constant refinement and optimization. As organizations grow and evolve, so must their approach to handling incidents.

Northern Exposure: the confidence connecting Scotland and the Nordics to drive data centre evolution

Scotland has a strong historical record in seeking out and supporting data centre investment. The Green Datacentres and Digital Connectivity: Vision and Action plan is already four years old. However, time has not dampened enthusiasm. The renewed interest in data centre investment that has followed encouraging comments from Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has spread across the UK.

Building Robust Solutions on Azure: Insights from Industry Experts

Building robust solutions on Azure is essential in today’s cloud-driven world, where performance, availability, and resilience are the cornerstones of successful applications. In a recent episode of Azure on Air podcast, we brought together leading Azure experts to dive deep into these critical aspects of cloud architecture. From overcoming the challenges of distributed systems to mastering performance optimization, the conversation explored the ins and outs of creating high-performing, reliable solutions on Microsoft Azure.