>Isn't this disagreement basically the same point made by Martin about different kinds of quality? M Fowler's comment about "tests" was also made in the contex

>Isn't this disagreement basically the same point made by Martin about different kinds of quality? M Fowler's comment about "tests" was also made in the context of internal quality. He mentions "cruft" as the buildup of bad internal code that the customer can't see: >[...] the best teams both create much less cruft but also remove enough of the cruft they do create that they can continue to add features quickly. They spend time creating _automated tests_ so that they can surface problems quickly and spend less time removing bugs.