> That’s what makes Bob’s advice so toxic. By being so dismissive of everything but unit tests, he’s actively discouraging us from using our whole range of tech

> That’s what makes Bob’s advice so toxic. By being so dismissive of everything but unit tests, he’s actively discouraging us from using our whole range of techniques. I worked with programmers who worshipped at Uncle Bob's feet and never seemed to notice they never produced functional systems by any stretch of the definition. They then adopted Bob's dismissive attitude about everything, you see, because they already had the answer to all the problems: just smurf -- I mean unit test -- it!