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Discussion on: The worst developers are those who complain there are no tests in a project

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Alan Barr • Edited

Testing adds information about risk. A system considered untestable is high risk. Initially adding levels of testing to a project may seem like a waste but this is a type of insurance that may pay off greatly in the future. Compared to a great future failure tests provide us with a much less expensive early warning that our system may not safe. Start small and begin to provide information and over time and compare scary systems with safe systems and capitalize on those successes.