developers become reliant on CI and won't run the tests until merge-time I think there's a whole lot of truth in this particular statement. I've worked with lo

developers become reliant on CI and won't run the tests until merge-time I think there's a whole lot of truth in this particular statement. I've worked with lots of devs who complete a story, commit it, and then find the tests aren't passing any more and have to do a little more work to fix what they broke. And then tery complain that either tests slow them down or that the estimate for the story was too low. Having a test suite that can be run locally, and teaching the team to use it regularly, even if it's wholly optional rather than running on a hook, improves team velocity significantly.