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[-] HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 108 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"I stopped reading code because I was too busy writing a gauntlet of unit tests"

Sounds like 100x productivity to me.

Edit: also, general note - I think you kneecap your argument when you start with "I'm older than you".

[-] whats_a_lemmy@midwest.social 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There is a 0% chance he wrote all those tests himself anyway

[-] MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social 24 points 2 days ago

I hope he at least read them.

[-] HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 26 points 2 days ago

Claude summarized 'em

[-] anton 10 points 2 days ago

He didn't, but he has unit tests for them.

[-] vanillama@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago

Made me laugh out loud, ty

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago

Nah, then he wouldn't have been saving any time.

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