[HN Gopher] You Don't Have Time Not to Test
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       You Don't Have Time Not to Test
        
       Author : attila226
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2025-04-02 23:33 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | sherdil2022 wrote:
       | How is it even proper engineering if code is not tested? Granted
       | one can go overboard with testing, but isn't it common sense to
       | ensure code is adequately tested?
        
       | jt2190 wrote:
       | > "We don't have time to [write automated] test[s]," stated the
       | principal engineer... This was in response to my candid
       | observation that test coverage was low, existing tests didn't
       | always run locally for mysterious reasons, integration tests were
       | non-existent, and pull requests could merge without passing the
       | few tests that did exist.
       | 
       | Given the state of the existing automated tests, perhaps the
       | Principal Engineer is correct... Why would the new automated
       | tests be any better?
        
       | billyp-rva wrote:
       | > So, what is a test? To me, a test is a chunk of code...
       | 
       | This obviously excludes manual testing, and the author doesn't
       | explain why he is excluding them.
        
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