> So he basically started writing code in two stages using a codegen tool: something high level not under source control that would generate extremely verbose c

> So he basically started writing code in two stages using a codegen tool: something high level not under source control that would generate extremely verbose code that would be checked-in. I do this unironically. Mostly for producing unit tests from more sophisticated testing tools. I'm not silly enough to tell my coworkers that's what I'm doing, though.