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Comment by bcoughlan

I genuinely don't get how you can rely primarily on unit tests to prevent regressions in your code. They are at such a fine granularity that most significant changes require restructuring the "units" in a way that invalidates the tests. Then we're left with these aenemic E2E tests (because fast!) that only tell you if something basic is broken.

These CD advocates seem to be saying that you can take human out of the testing equation and rely solely on automation. I just don't buy it.

I haven't seen true continuous delivery in the wild and I'm starting to think this is just the empty promises of a club of consultants who peddle their wares to unsuspecting VPs. Tell me what I'm missing.

parent bcoughlan 5 years ago

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