# How DAGs grow: Deeper, wider, and thicker | Great Expectations

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**Created:** [November 16, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-dags-grow-deeper-wider-and-thicker-great-expectations/498 "2020-11-16T10:48:48Z")
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### Author: ![kyle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.greatexpectations.io/kyle/32/18_2.png) [@kyle](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/kyle)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-dags-grow-deeper-wider-and-thicker-great-expectations/498/1 "2020-11-16T10:48:48Z")

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After working in data science and engineering for many years, we’ve observed a common pattern. The effort level required to maintain data systems typically looks like this:

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://greatexpectations.io/blog/deeper-wider-thicker/](https://greatexpectations.io/blog/deeper-wider-thicker/)