anti-pattern // dataPRODUCTION

SELECT * in Production Automations

Convenient during exploration, fragile as a durable data contract.

Trust & provenancePRODUCTION

Evidence tierPRODUCTIONOfficial sources0Other sources0Last verifiedNot recorded

Evidence tier describes my hands-on relationship with the content. Official sources describe platform contracts/documentation. Production observations should not automatically be treated as official limits.

Problem

Source schema changes can silently alter output shape or break destination mappings.

Approach

Promote exploratory queries to explicit column contracts before they become production dependencies.

Tradeoffs

Explicit queries need maintenance

Much safer migration and review behavior

SELECT * in Production Automations

Keep following the context.