This smells funny to me... too much dogma. Sometimes the best and clearer way to do something is the "wrong" way. Testing adds some cost, so there's a tradeoff

This smells funny to me... too much dogma. Sometimes the best and clearer way to do something is the "wrong" way. Testing adds some cost, so there's a tradeoff. You want a decent ROI on your testing efforts, otherwise you're wasting time and money. Opportunity should not be ignored. Software doesn't have to be zero defect, it has to be low enough to be useful.