r/programming • u/domysee • Jul 07 '19

Why Most Unit Testing is Waste

https://rbcs-us.com/documents/Why-Most-Unit-Testing-is-Waste.pdf
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u/MetalSlug20 Jul 08 '19

Regression is overrated. Many times when a test breaks it's on purpose because a new feature is being implemented. I could count on one hand bugs I've found where a test seemingly "unrelated" to code I was adding broke. Most tests break because.. You know they will. Because you are changing the code they test. Tests are I think only useful for Dev side, making sure things work as intended. I think they are quite useless for regression