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Aleksei Aleinikov
Aleksei Aleinikov

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💤 Every Skipped Test = One More 2 a.m. Debugging

For years I thought tests were “extra work.”

But each missing test came back as a late-night bug hunt.

In 2025 I flipped the script: tests aren’t bureaucracy — they’re freedom.
Freedom to refactor without fear.
Freedom to release predictably.
Freedom to sleep after deploy.

👉 I break down my daily Go testing routine:

  • Unit tests (fast + table-driven)
  • Integration tests (HTTP handlers + in-memory fakes)
  • End-to-end checks (few, but invaluable)
  • Plus: stubs, mocks, fakes, fuzzing & t.Parallel.

🔗 Full article here: Go + Testing, 2025: Build Fast, Break Less https://levelup.gitconnected.com/go-testing-2025-build-fast-break-less-280c7d397662

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