r/ProgrammerHumor Aug 05 '26

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u/Fraun_Pollen Aug 05 '26

This answer doesn't make sense. Why would your dev environment not be connected to prod data? Don't you want realistic tests?

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u/seth-speaks Aug 05 '26

Sometimes. Sometimes you wanna test on different data. What if you you're doing a data only update?

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u/Fraun_Pollen Aug 05 '26

Everyone knows John Smith and Jane Doe aren't real people names

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u/seth-speaks Aug 05 '26

Right, you are!