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DBT-BASICS5 MIN READ

Ref Or Hard-Code The Table

Choose `ref()` for dbt model dependencies and recognize when hard-coded names are risky.

Nina is moving stg_customers from a sandbox schema to production. A downstream mart still says select * from analytics_dev.stg_customers because it worked during the prototype.

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