[atj4me]

New blog post introducing the ddev-sql-sync add-on: drush sql-sync-style production-to-local database sync for any SSH-accessible server (Laravel, WordPress, Drupal, plain PHP), written as a user manual — installation, alias configuration, flags, platform handling, sanitize behaviour, safe-testing ladder, and troubleshooting.

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The post states plainly near the top that the add-on was designed by me and built and tested with my AI agent under my direction, with a short closing section on how that worked.

Files: the post (src/content/blog/sql-sync-ddev-addon.md) and its feature-image diagram (public/img/blog/2026/11/sql-sync-ddev-addon.svg). Related: my author-bio update is in #775.

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[rfay]

It sure sounds like it's speaking with Claude's accent!

[rfay]

You say "DDEV’s pull providers are built around hosted platforms, and a VPS is not a platform"

but... what about

• https://github.com/ddev/ddev/blob/main/pkg/ddevapp/dotddev_assets/providers/rsync.yaml.example
• https://github.com/ddev/ddev/blob/main/pkg/ddevapp/dotddev_assets/providers/git.yaml.example
• https://github.com/ddev/ddev/blob/main/pkg/ddevapp/dotddev_assets/providers/localfile.yaml.example

I regularly use variants of the rsync example.

[rfay]

If your add-on uses ddev auth ssh (ssh-ing from within web container) you'll likely want to mention the v1.25.5 feature that allows people to use host-side ssh agent.

[atj4me]

You say "DDEV’s pull providers are built around hosted platforms, and a VPS is not a platform"

but... what about

• https://github.com/ddev/ddev/blob/main/pkg/ddevapp/dotddev_assets/providers/rsync.yaml.example
• https://github.com/ddev/ddev/blob/main/pkg/ddevapp/dotddev_assets/providers/git.yaml.example
• https://github.com/ddev/ddev/blob/main/pkg/ddevapp/dotddev_assets/providers/localfile.yaml.example

I regularly use variants of the rsync example.

This SSH into the server, grab the credentials, does the db dump and then rsync it back to the local dev machine, all in one command. I couldn't find anything else that doesn't need me going to the server and creating a mysql dump.

And yes, most of it is written by AI.