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On the flip side, as a dev with 10 years exp, I think TDD is a process crutch designed to cover up poor engineering by adding additional time spent to all work.
by Snoozle 6y ago
On the flip side, as a dev with 10 years exp, I think TDD is a process crutch designed to cover up poor engineering by adding additional time spent to all work.
- damau 6y agoAlso the automated security scans. All new frameworks cover the cases. Real box ticking exercise. Though I am a TDD fan I understand your point.
- swsieber 6y ago> Also the automated security scans Yes and no. At $WORK we started using a security scanner and I'm triaging the issues. It's definitely a box ticking thing. OTOH I'm finding real, concerning issues.
- varispeed 6y agoThere are people going for 100% coverage and pedantic unit testing so that it only works with that particular implementation they wrote and then when you want to change something, you'll have a pile of tests to change that don't add any value. Something like this we try to get rid of.
- fctorial 6y agoKind of like animations. Mobile apps hide latency by adding transition animations that are longer than the load time.