On: Tests Are Overhyped

[pacala]

> stop writing tests, the customer will never run this code

git rm <code that customer will never run>

[derefr → pacala]

"Checkbox features."

The customer will never run the code, but that doesn't mean they don't buy your product because of the code.

[rdtsc → pacala]

Agree! I was thinking also of in house support code, tooling, infrastructure maintenance, local IT stuff, build tools. Stuff that runs in-house, might be important but if it breaks, there won't be a 2am call from Australia or a public tweet about how "Product <X> from company <Y> just lost me all my data".

[Evbn → rdtsc]

Sure,not important if your in-house backend database backups work. Customers never see that.

[rdtsc → Evbn]

I have seen in-house bug tracking database backups fail and I have seen upset customers that spread the word to other potential customers. I'll take an in-house database backup failure any day.

This is for a small niche industry where everyone knows everyone a bad word or hit can mean the end of the company.