Struggling with inconsistent and unrealistic test data? Tony and Tonie discuss a new article by Khang Chan, a developer at Redgate, explaining how deterministic data masking ensures sensitive data stays protected while maintaining data integrity and reproducibility — critical for reliable testing and development work.

On this episode of Simple Talks, Louis sits down with Kevin Feasel and talks database design, conferences, battle tech games, and a lot more. Kevin has one of the most interesting origin stories so far in this series. He is a Data Platform Microsoft MVP and is the model of a great member of the data community. Also on the podcast, Louis learns a few new words and phrases, and for those of you watching on video, you can see him accidentally take himself out of the video a few times as well.

We’re excited to share Flyway Pipelines with you, a new service available in preview for all Flyway users of our Community, Teams and Enterprise editions to view the health and history of their database changes through a single pane of glass.

Tony and Tonie discuss a Phil Factor article that explains how the Flyway CLI installation and upgrade process works on Windows and Linux, and how we can make it simpler and less time-consuming using a bit of PowerShell automation, or by running Flyway from a Docker container, or finally by using a package manager.

Ryan, Grant & Steve discuss all things AI, from driverless taxis in San Francisco and Redgate’s PromptAI software, to the current concerns around AI and the potential impact on the future workforce.

Welcome to another episode of the Tony and Tonie Show, where we dive into the latest articles from Redgate's Product Learning platform. In today’s episode, Tony and Tony discuss a real-life database security incident where Flyway databases were accidentally deployed to the wrong environment. 😱 The team breaks down: The importance of access controls and the Principle of Least Privilege in database development. How a lack of proper permissions can lead to critical errors in production environments.

Welcome to another episode of the Tony and Tony Show, where we discuss the latest articles from Redgate’s Product Learning platform. This episode dives into Flyway Forking and Branching—an essential concept for team-based database development. In this episode: The importance of forking and branching in Flyway to allow developers to work on separate tasks in parallel. How Flyway supports multiple locations for migration files to enable smooth branching.

In this pilot episode, Tonie and Tony dip into two new technical articles from Redgate: one about Redgate Test Data Manager and how use of containerized clones and PowerShell automation can speed up database testing, and one about Flyway, explaining its Repair command, what it does, how it works and best practice guidance.

In episode 2 Tony and Tonie take 5 mins to explore a new article that demonstrates how use of clones in Redgate Test Data Manager improves the quality and speed of database development, through instant database reset and easier bug fixing.

Louis is joined by Redgate author, business owner and conference speaker Tonie Huizer for coffee and a chat. Tonie discusses how he got into technology, why he loves automation, and how speaking about whiskey has more in common with conference speaking than you may think. He also gives a taster of his upcoming PASS Data Community Summit sessions and teases an exciting new Simple Talk series for 2025.