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What Could Kill Testing?

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    Greg
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    I appreciated the testing/checking distinction - I'm sure it's far too late now to retcon the terminology in common usage, but it at least gives me a quick way to explain why automated checks...

    I appreciated the testing/checking distinction - I'm sure it's far too late now to retcon the terminology in common usage, but it at least gives me a quick way to explain why automated checks (while valuable) don't guarantee working code. I've seen decent developers lulled into such a false sense of security that they were genuinely shocked by bugs in code that reported 100% coverage.

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      1. Greg
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        Oh yeah, it's definitely valuable, I've just had one too many conversations where it's treated as sufficient on its own.

        Oh yeah, it's definitely valuable, I've just had one too many conversations where it's treated as sufficient on its own.

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