In this special solo episode, host Louis Davidson stays ‘full screen’ for the entire show and answers the very questions he asks of others! Where it all started, what tech he loves, the one obvious thing he loves to do outside of working with databases (which has been mentioned before)...it’s all covered here!

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X: https://x.com/drsql
Web: https://drsql.org

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In this Coffee Chat episode, Louis sits down with Redgate Advocate Kellyn Gorman. Kellyn tells her origin story of becoming a leader in the data community, which is as inspiring as it is interesting, and the conversation also covers security (and the inherent trust issues data professionals have!), fact-checking ourselves, aging DBAs, Lego obsession, and Raspberry Pi.

Also, ever wondered why Kellyn’s social media handle is dbakevlar? Listen in to find out!

Kellyn’s website: https://dbakevlar.com

Kellyn’s Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dbakevlar.bsky.social

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