+1 for data in the database, code as... well, code. And also learned this the hard way. Code you can build and run test suites against, extract logs from, place debug breakpoints in, is such a quality of like enhancer.
We're working on a gitops DX for Tembo Cloud, that will allow you to ensure everything you build on Tembo is in source control, and runnable locally w/ our CLI. More info coming soon...