SQL Server Blog Post
Database Administration
Session: Creative GitHub Strategies for the Modern Database Professional with Amy Abel
Event Details
Title: Creative GitHub Strategies for the Modern Database Professional
Topic(s): Database Administration
When:
Starts on October 3, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Ends at 4:30 pm
Where:
Cost: $20 (includes lunch)
Abstract
GitHub often gets pigeonholed as a tool strictly for software developers or a basic storage locker for SQL scripts. If you are a database professional who only uses it for version control, you are leaving a massive amount of functionality on the table.
In this session, Amy Abel challenges that mindset by demonstrating how to turn GitHub into a creative playground for the data professional. We will explore how to apply a new way of thinking to the platform, uncovering solutions to problems you might not even realize could be handled here. You will see how to bend the rules to handle operational oddities and manage your work in unexpected ways, whether you are using the interface or the terminal.
Attendees will leave with a fresh perspective on their existing tooling and a flexible set of ideas to make their work easier and more interesting.
Who Should Attend
Any data professional, regardless of experience with GitHub.
About the Speaker
Amy Abel is a Senior Consultant at Straight Path with a background in Database Administration, Site and Database Reliability. She has experience supporting critical, high-transactional healthcare systems and specializes in automating complex processes, reducing toil, and resolving database challenges.
Amy is passionate about automation, database reliability, SQL challenges, and continuous learning. She inspires others through speaking, blogging, and mentoring. She is completing her Master’s degree at the University of Denver and holds two degrees in computer science from Weber State University.
Outside of work, Amy enjoys hiking, off-roading in her Jeep, traveling, trying new food, and writing about technology.