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Hm I think you and I might actually be saying the same thing, just using different terms? Tests as I understand them (based on reading the article shared by the

by tqi 3y ago

Hm I think you and I might actually be saying the same thing, just using different terms? Tests as I understand them (based on reading the article shared by the person I was responding to[1]) run on mock data, rather than real source data. Those are the ones that I feel have limited ROI. I definitely agree there is a lot of value in tests that check against actual source data (which that person's link refers to as audits[1]). [1] https://sqlmesh.readthedocs.io/en/stable/concepts/tests/ https://sqlmesh.readthedocs.io/en/stable/concepts/tests/ [2] https://sqlmesh.readthedocs.io/en/stable/concepts/audits/ https://sqlmesh.readthedocs.io/en/stable/concepts/audits/

edmundsauto 3y ago
Ah yes, I think we are in agreement :). Understanding terms of art becomes harder every year - the differentiation between tests and audits makes sense but adds so much friction as a noob that I wish they had just stuck to prior art.