Accidental implosion yields new measurement for ocean's deepest point

Re:Accidental implosion yields new measurement for ocean's d... by Osiris on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @11:29PM (#30268829)

As a software engineer, one the reasons I like to write tests is because it forces me to think about everything that could go wrong.

Once I write tests for all the things that could go wrong and verify the correct behavior, I feel a lot better than if I only test the happy path (when everything goes right).

I wish software developers would take more time to think about how things could go wrong.

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Re:Accidental implosion yields new measurement for ocean's d... by nerdponx on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @04:55AM (#30270881)

> I wish software developers would take more time to think about how things could go wrong.

I wish more PMs understood the need to spend developer hours on it.

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Re:Accidental implosion yields new measurement for ocean's d... by ZaoLahma on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @05:29AM (#30271091)

I wish customers would pay for the developer hours needed to be spent on it.

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Re:Accidental implosion yields new measurement for ocean's d... by shawabawa3 on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @07:46AM (#30271967)

PMs shouldn't have any input in how development is run (that's an EMs role). Dev time should be quoted to them including the time to test otherwise you're implying testing is optional and can be skipped

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Re:Accidental implosion yields new measurement for ocean's d... by nerdponx on Saturday February 12, 2022 @08:53AM (#30312808)

Fair and good point, but this depends a lot on the structure and health of the organization.

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