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Re:All of us test in production all the time (2019) by igetspam on Sunday July 19, 2020 @11:18AM (#23889904)
Couldn't agree more. Of course you use your product and do service quality measurements. What you don't do is toss "untested" code at your customers (possible exception here is hotfixes), which is what the meme means. Bad post written by someone either intentionally misinterpreting the meaning or dangerously unqualified to understand it.
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Re:All of us test in production all the time (2019) by afarrell on Sunday July 19, 2020 @11:50AM (#23890142)
> willfully misinterpreting

Often, when someone looks like they are “willfully misinterpreting” something, they are actually presenting uncomfortable implications or experiences of how a phrase is put into practice. Right or wrong, it is irritating to listen to.

Is it worth enduring your irritation in order to see if someone is meaningfully correct?

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> Don’t toss “untested” code.

“tested” is not a binary state. Code could always be better-tested —- otherwise why would you have hotfixes?

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