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I've seen TDD used in the same way "teaching the test" is used. They say, "We've got 100% coverage! Our quality is high!" Meanwhile people are bitching left
by base698 12y ago
I've seen TDD used in the same way "teaching the test" is used. They say, "We've got 100% coverage! Our quality is high!" Meanwhile people are bitching left and right on Twitter about the product and there are deeper more endemic problems. It's just another form of scientism gone bad.
It has it's merits, but has it's negatives too. Blindly pretending there are only positives is disingenuous and a hallmark of scientism. I think that's all DHH was saying.
- tomstuart 12y agoI don’t want to sound like a stuck record, but did he actually say that? My interpretation of his keynote was that he was “blindly pretending” that there are only negatives to test-first development, unit testing &c, which is just disingenuous as the scientism you’re highlighting. I dunno, maybe my biases are preventing me from understanding him properly.
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