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		lynndotpy on Aug 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I have complicated feelings about TDD IMO TDD should be by opportunity and not policy. That solves basically all the problems I have with it. TDD is great because it forces you to concretize and challenge assumptions, and provides a library of examples for new devs to a codebase.

righttoolforjob on Aug 18, 2022 [–]

You are arguing for having tests and good coverage, not for doing TDD.

lynndotpy on Aug 18, 2022 | [–]

No, I am arguing for TDD, specifically, writing tests before code. It feels like a superpower when it works. Maybe that's for a whole program or only small parts of it.

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