>> You need an environment that runs on production settings but isn't production. > Why? The unstated assumption of "staging" fans is that bad test coverage is

>> You need an environment that runs on production settings but isn't production. > Why? The unstated assumption of "staging" fans is that bad test coverage is a universal, naturally-occurring condition. At the companies where I've worked that had good tests, they did not have staging. At companies where I thought the test coverage was poor, they did have it.