those-tables-were-empty

Those tables were empty! ... for some definition of empty

Description

This talk describes a real experience I had on the Data Engineering team at SpotHero in early 2023. I deleted some tables that were "empty" and it ended up leading to a bunch of on-call alerts and pain and misery

Where this talk has been given:

• (virtual) Data Mishaps Night, March 2024 (slides)