The Simple Talk Podcast
by Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, Kellyn Gorman, Pat Wright
Latest episode
The hidden cost of inconsistency in engineering teams
The hidden cost of inconsistency in engineering teams
About this podcast
The Simple Talk Podcast, brought to you by Redgate Software's Simple Talk site, features hosts Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, Kellyn Gorman and Pat Wright as they discuss technology adoption, career stories, industry challenges and more. From database management and DevOps, to data security and programming techniques, it's a must-listen for tech industry professionals and enthusiasts.
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Episodes
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- The hidden cost of inconsistency in engineering teams · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 15Engineering teams' time and money are often drained by mismatched tooling and poor habits, among other things. The Redgate Advocates share their own stories of this in reality…
- The hidden costs of AI (and who ends up paying them) · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 15AI budgets are escalating rapidly, yet few teams measure the value of their spend – and who ends up paying, anyway? Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, Kellyn Gorman, and Pat Wright…
- Fabric, agents, and a security gap nobody's aware of (with Heidi Hasting) · 25 min · Season 3 Episode 18Heidi Hasting joins host Kellyn Gorman for a chat featuring Microsoft Fabric, real-time intelligence, and a permissions trap that hands your data to a coworker's chatbot...Also…
- Building India's PostgreSQL scene (with Hari Kiran) · 14 minPat Wright sits down with PostgreSQL veteran Hari Kiran – founder of OpenSource DB and co-organizer of PG Day Hyderabad, where this episode was recorded. They talk community…
- Zero downtime: Franck Pachot on his 'migration' from Oracle to PostgreSQL · 31 minWe catch up with Franck Pachot, a longtime database community figure who has moved through Oracle, CERN, Yugabyte, MongoDB and, most recently, the PostgreSQL team at Microsoft…
- Live SQL Server quiz! · 27 minHow well do the Redgate Advocates know SQL Server? Find out in this quick-fire quiz, recorded live with an audience at SQL Saturday Day of Data Baton Rouge on July 18th! Listen…
- The art of SQL Server query tuning and execution plans (with Hugo Kornelis) · 40 minGrant is joined by SQL Server veteran and long-time Microsoft MVP, Hugo Kornelis, to talk all things SQL Server query tuning, execution plans, and more. You'll hear about some of…
- Is SQL Server really "too legacy to love"? · 31 minIn a recent article, The Register suggested that SQL Server is "too lucrative to ditch, but too legacy to love" - but is that actually true? With many years' SQL Server…
- "SQL Server isn't slow - it's doing exactly what you told it to do" - a chat with David Klee · 44 minIn this episode of the Redgate Simple Talk podcast, Kellyn Gorman is joined by veteran Data Platform Architect, David Klee, to talk all things SQL Server performance tuning…
- Wrapping up PG Dev Conf 2026 and PG DATA 2026 (PostgreSQL community events) · 12 minTwo major PostgreSQL community events took place recently: PostgreSQL Development Conference 2026 (Vancouver, BC, Canada), and PG DATA 2026 (Chicago, IL). Pat Wright and Kellyn…
- Turning down grad school, self-learning Power BI, and Lego! - with Kristyna Ferris · 47 minKristyna Ferris turned down grad school, learned Power BI, moved into the data world - and never looked back. In this chat with Steve Jones, Kristyna explains why she did it…
- "You are the CEO of your own brand" - the importance of taking the initiative, with Chris Yates · 27 minTaking the initiative. Prioritizing relationships. Doing the work nobody else wants to do. These are just some of the elements that contributed to Chris Yates' rise from a…
- Security vs speed in databases · 37 minAre engineering teams quietly accepting more risk? Redgate's 2026 State of the Database Landscape report reveals that people are increasingly willing to accept more risk to be…
- Making stuff go faster, from databases to the race track (with Matt Gordon) · 27 minSteve visits Microsoft Data Platform MVP and data consultant Matt Gordon near his home in Lexington, KY. They discuss his love of making databases go faster, AI, the pros and…
- Why SSIS will never die - with Tim Mitchell · 24 minSteve 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…
- The benefits of leadership coaching in the tech industry – with Cindy Gross · 23 minSteve is joined by Cindy Gross to discuss leadership coaching in the technology industry – what it is, how it works, and the many benefits it brings. Recorded on-site at PASS…
- Rollback vs Roll Forward in Databases · 29 minRollbacks act as an 'undo' for databases, but why are they important, what happens if you can't roll back, and how do you prevent even needing to in the first place? Steve…
- What to Expect in the Database World in 2026 · 33 minSteve, Kellyn & Grant are joined by new Redgate Advocate, Pat Wright, for a wide-ranging discussion about what to expect in the database world in 2026 – from AI and when the…
- Biggest Surprises of 2025, The Good, Bad & Ugly of AI, and Looking Ahead · 34 minSteve Jones, Kellyn Gorman and Grant Fritchey discuss what surprised them most in the database/tech world in 2025, ruminate on the good, bad and ugly of AI, and ponder where it…
- Data Modeling, SQL Server 2025, Community, Running & More – with Ed Pollack · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 8Ed Pollack (Microsoft Data Platform MVP and community champion) sat down with Steve Jones at PASS Summit 2025 to discuss many topics including: • Why change is good - but…
