cbono1

Curious if there's a turning point where this no longer scales, or if folks think this is acceptable for certain verticals or business cases.

My philosophy has historically been senior+ backend engineers with database experience should be able to set up a database schema, or devops engineers on the team should have the expertise to set up things like high availability plans, disaster recovery, and slow query observability.

DBA = Database Administrator

Curious if anyone has any viewpoints on this or if folks have seen success bringing on a full time DBA.

Curious how you folks manage the release process with larger customers that ask for advance notice (ex: 2 weeks) or previewing of any features before release or general availability?

We have a single sandbox environment currently, but different customers are asking for varying amounts of delay before feature release. How do you manage bug fix deploys in these cases as well?