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> I don't know any time unit testing has actually benefited shipping faster It's of huge benefits to me when I have to make a small tweak (fix a bug, or add a
by caillougris 5y ago
> I don't know any time unit testing has actually benefited shipping faster
It's of huge benefits to me when I have to make a small tweak (fix a bug, or add a new specific corner case) into an existing codebase that I didn't write and don't know very well.
Being able to make a small change and being confident that it will not send everything burning in hell.
- datavirtue 5y agoThis, and any code base of significant size is unknowable and starts to produce bugs naturally. Requiring tests and verifying minimum coverage are a few things you can do to control the death spiral. I have worked on large systems devoid of tests. Not recommended. I literally witnessed multi-million dollar losses that would have been prevented by requiring tests.