Unit tests have their place. They are not a full solution for testing, but they never claimed to be. Unit tests help you confirm isolated aspects of your code,

Unit tests have their place. They are not a full solution for testing, but they never claimed to be. Unit tests help you confirm isolated aspects of your code, which is helpful in many cases. You still need other types of tests too, but I would not say unit tests are "overrated" in any way.