The Missing Layer in AI Data Pipelines: Why Spec-Driven Development Matters

Towards AI
Generative AI

Author Generated Let me tell you about a moment that genuinely changed how I think about building data pipelines. I was ing Snowflake Cortex Code to a small group of engineers. Showing how you describe a business problem in plain English and get working SQL back in seconds. Five table joins. Correct revenue formula. A full dbt pipeline from scratch. The whole thing. People were impressed - like, genuinely impressed. And then someone asked a question I wasn’t ready for.