Issue:
The setup process for spanner acceptance tests creates a new database and instance every time it is run. While this makes sense for the CI process, it is very slow during local development.
Database & instance creation is a slow process, so running even a single acceptance test takes 1-2 minutes locally.
Recommended Solution:
The setup process should accept an already existing database & instance, and run tests on them. After the run, it should avoid deleting the database & instance so the developer can reuse them again.