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> I'm pretty sure understanding the biology behind it all can help make predictions about the outcome ... Of course it can, that's what you use to write your t
by ifyoubuildit 5y ago
> I'm pretty sure understanding the biology behind it all can help make predictions about the outcome ...
Of course it can, that's what you use to write your test plan. But I never (ever) rely on those predictions alone. Everyone who has done this long enough knows that if you don't test your code well enough before you push it out, it will fail. Hell, it'll even fail sometimes when you did thoroughly test it.
- copo233 5y agoYeah but you know, as much as you know anything else really, that your code won't break your toaster.
- ifyoubuildit 5y agohttps://www.amazon.com/Tovala-Gen-Multi-Mode-Programmable-Stainless/dp/B07K85LXBK https://www.amazon.com/Tovala-Gen-Multi-Mode-Programmable-St...
- pixl97 5y agoWell, in computers our test plans generally run in seconds. If you had to push code and wait a year for feedback then how you tested and pushed code would change dramatically. Now imagine the environment you were pushing code to was 1. Always changing in very small ways that could sometimes have huge affects due to completely random variable changes you had no control over. 2. Every host your ran your software on 'could be' different in ways that are incompatible and you have no way of testing all of them. Welcome to the problem space of biology.
- ifyoubuildit 5y agoWell said. But some people take this as "well we can't realistically do the exhaustive test, and we really want this thing, so let's assume the outcome will be positive". That's fine when it's your own choice, but it's not when you're forcing it on other people.