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Testing and documentation are both essential but too much of either becomes harmful.
by postalrat 6y ago
Testing and documentation are both essential but too much of either becomes harmful.
- qayxc 6y agoWelcome to the land of ambiguity and subjectivity - enjoy our stay! The problem is, that there's no way to generally quantify "too much" or "not enough" when it comes to tests and documentation. Even "harmful" isn't a well defined term on its own and needs to be properly defined on a case-by-case basis. The statement is a platitude without any substance behind it and you can replace "testing and documentation" with just about anything and come to the same result: Vitamines and calorie intake are both essential but too much of either becomes harmful. How profound...
- afarrell 6y agohttps://agilemanifesto.org/ https://agilemanifesto.org/ > Individuals and interactions over processes and tools > Working software over comprehensive documentation > Customer collaboration over contract negotiation > Responding to change over following a plan The things on the right are only useful in service of the things on the left.