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Re:Thin PostgreSQL Clones by glogla on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @06:13AM (#30070546)
Not sure about webapps but in analytics, this is a common practice. Real data has too many exceptions and edge cases. If you dont develop and test with real data, you will end up effectively developing or testing on production.
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Re:Thin PostgreSQL Clones by akartasov on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @07:51AM (#30071205)
Absolutely agreed. In addition, I know some Data Scientists who use thin clones from Database Lab to get data at a specific time for their models
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