Matt Pocock
@mattpocockuk
I teach devs for a living. Author of Total TypeScript and AI Hero. Ex-@vercel. Used to be a voice coach.
Joined August 2011
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This is mostly correct, but it assumes that 'unit' means 'the smallest possible unit'
Testing larger units has ALWAYS been a good practice - it makes your tests less sensitive to structural changes
So not "dead in the water", just software fundamentals coming back around
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I agree with @thorstenball, I think unit tests are dead in the water.
The ones the models write are terrible, at best just doubling total LOC.
Inverting the testing approach - heavy e2e/black box/golden master, reaching for lower levels only if necessary, works better for me
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