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Engineering deep dives on database safety, approval workflows, and AI agent governance.

Slack

Slack approvals for production SQL — without exposing SQL

Most approval workflows fail at the context switch. dbward lets reviewers inspect SQL, EXPLAIN, and risk in a Slack modal while keeping queries out of channels.

Jul 9, 2026 · Read article →
Architecture

Deploying a centralized DB approval system without opening inbound ports to your databases

Most DB management tools require the control plane to connect to databases. That architecture turns network boundary management into the primary adoption cost. dbward's agent model inverts this: credentials and database connectivity stay local, only outbound HTTP(S) leaves.

Jun 28, 2026 Security

AI agents should not have direct production DB credentials

MCP made it easy to connect AI agents to databases. But 'easy to connect' isn't 'safe to connect.' Here's how to build the execution boundary that's missing.

Jun 25, 2026