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Re:I have complicated feelings about TDD by jonstewart on Thursday August 18, 2022 @05:23PM (#32515084)
Ah, but it's the _third_ version, because of Second System Effect. So, really, plan to throw two away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect
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Re:I have complicated feelings about TDD by kastagg on Thursday August 18, 2022 @10:47PM (#32517165)
If you know you're throwing two away, you won't even really start in earnest until the third one.
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Re:I have complicated feelings about TDD by rileymat2 on Friday August 19, 2022 @01:21AM (#32517760)
This is one of the better points I have ever seen made, bravo. So true.
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