lshanahan (6/12/2013)
We all make mistakes, and may never catch all our errors in testing, but we damn sure better catch our stupidity. Not checking the input data before processing it is just stupid. We all know it can lead to all kinds of problems, not just incorrect data.
Agreed, though I was going in a slightly different direction. I was also thinking of situations where statistical models and predictive analytics may help catch not only errors (and the stupid stuff) but also alert to potential issues that are very hard to monitor which don't involve errors per se so action can be taken ahead of time to minimize or even completely avoid problems.
I agree with that, but I'm also thinking that we might find that tools can learn to suggest better options as well. Such as looking at new features in the current version when editing an older package. Things like noting the volume of data through an SCD task is too large and it's slower than using something else.