> Am I (and colleagues) a magic snowflake, or are tests a massive waste of time, or is it somewhere in the middle? Tests are definitely a massive waste of time

> Am I (and colleagues) a magic snowflake, or are tests a massive waste of time, or is it somewhere in the middle? Tests are definitely a massive waste of time if you never need them. Write and forget code exists and can certainly run happily for years. On the other hand, frequently changing something in a large existing codebase, especially without static typing, is almost certainly going to end up more expensive without automated tests.