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Frummy 11 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: After 14 years in the industry, I still find progr...

I really, really agree. I learned programming on leetcode and took the short feedback loops and automated tests for granted. Then working on legacy software on legacy hardware without automated tests and lots of interactions with other programs and databases, that was a shocking reality check.

polishdude20 11 months ago [–]

Enter modifying your local database manually to set up your state so you can then run a test by hand to see if your thing didn't break other things

Frummy 11 months ago | [–]

We have 4 test milieus, and multiple test people. It's not like it's impossible to test things, but it's certainly not automated.

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