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From the linked article: of course one of the disciplines I’m talking about is TDD. Anybody who thinks they can go faster by not writing tests is smoking some
by ozim 2y ago
From the linked article:
of course one of the disciplines I’m talking about is TDD. Anybody who thinks they can go faster by not writing tests is smoking some pretty serious shit
That is not some made up stuff - smoking shit - is literally saying one is a disgrace if he is not doing TDD.
- teddyh 2y agoI call your reading comprehension into question. What it literally says is that you will not go faster by not writing tests, or, conversely, that writing tests will not make you go slower, and that anyone who thinks otherwise is wrong. You are imagining an insult in order to feel outrage, probably so that you can then avoid the actual issue.
- ozim 2y agoI read it as useless exaggeration used to incite the outrage. It feels correct for young, starry eyed devs. But then I have to deal with bunch of assholes in workplace who read that kind of shit and think they have to be edgy and always right and only “right things” have to be done. That is the whole context you should read here and why people don’t like Bob’s stuff. Other thing was Linus and his code reviews - I had at least couple of guys thinking they were Linus when what they worked on was yet another off the mill CRUD app. Good for Linus he finally understood what toxicity is and toned down.
- teddyh 2y agoIf you insist on discussing only the tone, not the argument, you have to consider that the blog post you are commenting on is more than 10 years old. Would he write it in the same way today?