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.

Joshua Higginbotham, Senior Architect at Centric Consulting, shares what sets Redgate Monitor apart. Redgate Monitor provides context-rich diagnostic insights to maximize cloud database health and performance while ensuring a consistent monitoring experience across your on-prem and cloud database estate.

Steve, Grant and Ryan return to Simple Talks to discuss SQL Server and Postgres. The advocates share their experiences with both systems, highlighting what works and what doesn’t. From time series and Query Store to extended events, tooling and log shipping - this is a quick-fire deep dive into the pros, cons and differences between the two. There’s also conversation around making the transition from one system to the other, and Ryan reflects on his challenging introduction to Postgres…on the first day of a new job.

Kelly Gorman, Director of Data and AI at Silk, shares the biggest benefits as well as drawbacks of AI in the Industry. Test Data Management is the process of providing DevOps teams with test data to evaluate the performance and functionality of applications.

Host Louis Davidson is joined by regular Simple Talk contributor and community speaker Jason Romans for coffee and a chat. From his early days owning a Commodore 64, juggling retail work with his studies and becoming an ‘accidental DBA’, all the way up to his current position as a Business Intelligence engineer, Jason has quite a few stories to tell. Other topics discussed include a shared love of theme parks, the travel benefits of attending conferences, and the challenges of sharing a name with ‘JSON’…