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Data Brew Season 2 Episode 3: Infrastructure for ML

Data Brew by Databricks

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Are Unit Tests Required for Machine Learning?

Some features are just not mission critical. Maybe the data driving the feature changes so slowly that ongoing monitoring for model or data drift simply aren't necessary. But if the softer is driving a truck or making medical de ns, you need lots of tests and guard rails. The cost of bad behavior on the part of the soft ware far outweighs the cost of implementing those tests. So it's a balance between rigor and budget as so much in softer engineering is.

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