erikbra

erikbra is a boutique software publisher focused on bringing modern DevOps practices to Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL workflows. Its single flagship product, grate, re-imagines schema migration for the 2020s by replacing dated shell-and-batch scripts with a cross-platform, container-friendly engine that plugs natively into CI/CD pipelines. Database administrators and full-stack developers use grate to version-control every table, view, procedure, and permission change, automatically applying incremental scripts in deterministic order across dev, test, staging, and production environments. The tool parses plain SQL files, checksums them for drift detection, and supports rollback scripts, seed data, and environment-specific variables, eliminating the “it worked on my machine” problem that plagues manual deployments. Because grate ships as a lightweight .NET global tool, teams can embed it in GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitLab runners without installing heavy legacy clients, while its opinionated folder structure keeps audit trails readable for security reviews. Whether migrating legacy on-prem systems to Azure, refreshing integration databases during nightly builds, or propagating reference data to microservice catalogs, grate positions SQL change management alongside application code in a single source of truth. erikbra grate is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always installing the newest release and allowing batch installation alongside other applications.