One argument made for unit testing which this post doesn't address is that it's easier to understand and debug unit test failures. To which I say: yes it is, b

One argument made for unit testing which this post doesn't address is that it's easier to understand and debug unit test failures. To which I say: yes it is, but quality debugging tools (which don't exist in many domains, and aren't used nearly as much as they could be where they do exist) can mitigate this issue. I'm talking about tools like https://rr-project.org https://rr-project.org and (self-promoting!) https://pernos.co https://pernos.co.