As always, the truth is somewhere in the middle. There are certain stages in the lifetime of a project where TDD can work execptionally well, but it is by no me

As always, the truth is somewhere in the middle. There are certain stages in the lifetime of a project where TDD can work execptionally well, but it is by no means a panacea. Things can and will sometimes emerge organically, but most of the times a [lot of] though has to be put into the arhitecture of the software we build. Domain knowledge and understanding the tradeoffs that are being made also help a lot. As for Uncle Bob, the gut feeling I get whenever I hear him speak is “snakeoil salesman”. You need to understand that he is in the business of selling you something (his books, training, etc). And that’s okay - what’s not okay is flat out attacking everyone that has a different opinion/disagrees with him. Who gave you the authority to dictate what’s good and wrong? It’s sad because he could make money from his [mostly good] ideas without attacking anyone.