How Tiger Data Lets You Test Against Production Data Safely

Tiger Data (creators of TimescaleDB)
603 views โ€ข October 24, 2025

In this demo, Matty and Jascha from Tiger Data show how developers can safely test database migrations using fast, zero-copy forks with no production risk or downtime. They walk through creating a fork with the new Tiger CLI, running an AI-generated migration, catching and fixing errors, then automating it all in CI/CD with a GitHub Action. Learn how to test against production data instantly and ship confidently, even on Fridays. ๐Ÿ›  ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿ“Œ Sign up for FREE โ‡’ https://tsdb.co/td-yt ๐Ÿ“Œ Forkable Databases Blog Post โ‡’ https://www.tigerdata.com/blog/fast-zero-copy-database-forks ๐Ÿ“Œ Tiger Data CLI โ‡’ https://github.com/timescale/tiger-cli ๐Ÿ“Œ Github Action โ‡’ https://github.com/marketplace/actions/tiger-data-fork-service ๐Ÿ’ป ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—จ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ! ๐Ÿ” Website โ‡’ https://tsdb.co/homepage ๐Ÿ” Slack โ‡’ https://slack.timescale.com ๐Ÿ” GitHub โ‡’ https://github.com/timescale ๐Ÿ” Twitter โ‡’ https://twitter.com/timescaledb ๐Ÿ” LinkedIn โ‡’ https://www.linkedin.com/company/tigerdata ๐Ÿ” Tiger Data Blog โ‡’ https://tsdb.co/blog ๐Ÿ” Tiger Data Documentation โ‡’ https://docs.tigerdata.com/use-timescale/latest/fork-services/ ๐Ÿ“š ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ โฑ 0:00 โ‡’ The Problem with Testing Migrations โฑ 0:48 โ‡’ Demo Setup: The E-Commerce Store โฑ 2:01 โ‡’ Creating a Fork with Tiger CLI โฑ 4:00 โ‡’ Generating a Migration with Claude Code โฑ 5:48 โ‡’ Fixing Migration Errors with AI โฑ 8:26 โ‡’ Automating Forks in CI/CD โฑ 10:13 โ‡’ Choosing a Forking Strategy โฑ 12:37 โ‡’ Outro

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