Data Engineer
hardde-backfills

How do you run safe backfills and reprocess historical data?

Answer

Backfills should be controlled and observable. Best practices: - Parameterize time ranges - Use staging tables/partitions - Rate limit to protect warehouses - Validate quality before promoting Always communicate downstream impact (dashboards, ML features) and ensure you can roll back if results are wrong.

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