Unit Tests: Protecting Your Code from Being Poorly Handled by Others

[birdculture]

https://yosefk.com/blog/unit-tests-mark-territory-more-than-squash-bugs.html

[mangeshmam1]

I think one mistake people make is trying to justify unit tests with a single benefit.

But bug detection is just one benefit. Documentation, refactoring confidence, onboarding new dev, behavior specification, and CI safety are others.

In practice, the value comes from all of these combined.