It's always a lie, about running in production.
I've personally seen untested code allegedly running but it isn't actually working.
Defect numbers through the roof and test harness literally not being merged exactly because of this issue.
You will get visibility, either by customer complaints, slowing down development speed and ultimately projects being shut down.
It's not sabotage and it's not exactly drowning. It's willful attempt to ignore reality and cheat on metrics, prolonging the inevitable and defrauding stakeholders.
You will get visibility, either by customer complaints, slowing down development speed and ultimately projects being shut down. It's not sabotage and it's not exactly drowning. It's willful attempt to ignore reality and cheat on metrics, prolonging the inevitable and defrauding stakeholders.