Technical articles about database operations, approval workflows, and AI agent safety.https://dbward.dev/https://dbward.dev/blog/slack-approval/https://dbward.dev/blog/slack-approval/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.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://dbward.dev/blog/agent-architecture/https://dbward.dev/blog/agent-architecture/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.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://dbward.dev/blog/ai-agent-credentials/https://dbward.dev/blog/ai-agent-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.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT