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Saying that writing unit tests isn’t high stakes is a dubious statement. The very purpose of unit tests is to make sure that programming errors are caught that

• falcor84 2y ago
  However high the stakes are, a bug in test code is not as much of an issue as a bug in the production code.
  • layer8 2y ago
    It is as much of an issue if it prevents a bug in production code from being detected before it occurs in production. Which is the very purpose of unit tests.
  • optimalsolver 2y ago
    What? Bugs in the test code are what lead to bugs in production code.
    • falcor84 2y ago
      That is exactly it. A bug in test code may or may not lead to a bug in production code, while a bug in production code IS a bug in production code