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		exabrial on Feb 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Software Tests Are for Millionaires (2020) I'm surprised people still think tests _slow them down_. You do tests _all the time_ when you write software. It's a matter of making said tests repeatable.

danuker on Feb 16, 2023 [–]

You probably repeat a large subset of them manually anyway. Automate them and save time.

For instance, how many times did someone from Rovio manually shoot an Angry Bird, instead of code doing it?

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