Re:Software development is a loser’s game
by Snoozle on Thursday April 01, 2021 @10:43AM
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On the flip side, as a dev with 10 years exp, I think TDD is a process crutch designed to cover up poor engineering by adding additional time spent to all work.
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Re:Software development is a loser’s game
by varispeed on Thursday April 01, 2021 @10:51AM
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There are people going for 100% coverage and pedantic unit testing so that it only works with that particular implementation they wrote and then when you want to change something, you'll have a pile of tests to change that don't add any value. Something like this we try to get rid of.
Kind of like animations. Mobile apps hide latency by adding transition animations that are longer than the load time.
Also the automated security scans. All new frameworks cover the cases. Real box ticking exercise.
Though I am a TDD fan I understand your point.
Re:Software development is a loser’s game
by swsieber on Thursday April 01, 2021 @11:01AM
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> Also the automated security scans
Yes and no. At $WORK we started using a security scanner and I'm triaging the issues. It's definitely a box ticking thing. OTOH I'm finding real, concerning issues.