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Adrian Hills

Adrian (@AdaTheDev) is a Lead Development Engineer at SentryOne, focusing on the development of the Data DevOps SaaS product portfolio - namely SentryOne Document and SentryOne Test. Based in the UK, he joined SentryOne from Pragmatic Works in 2018, with 18 years experience in software development that includes a background in developing SaaS platforms in the hospitality and digital marketing industries. Adrian is a fan of good (bad) puns, dad jokes, and proper British biscuits.

The Latest Posts Featuring Adrian Hills

The High-Performance DBA: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in Modern Database Teams

In this article, Kevin Kline introduces The High-Performance DBA webcast series, drawing on insights from our recent State of Database Report to explain why DBA burnout is rising and how teams can move beyond constant reactivity.

April 1, 2026
Database
The High-Performance DBA: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in Modern Database Teams
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Inside the Black Box: Bridging the Database Observability Gap
March 27, 2026
Database

Over the past 15 years, Agile and DevOps have accelerated application delivery, enabling faster, more reliable releases. Yet the database layer often remains a blind spot for observability and performance monitoring.

In this article, Kevin Kline shows why closing the database observability gap is critical to improving performance, efficiency, and resilience for DBAs, developers, and the businesses that depend on their data.