> I don't fully share your negativism towards this: the ability to innovate quickly is important
I fully agree! But that's a different thing. Of course the ability to quickly innovate is important, but you are implying that the current state of affairs is a necessary consequence. It's not.
I also like to "quickly innovate" by hacking some proof of concept code. Exploration is important and fun. I don't write a test first, or no test at all, if I don't even know yet fully what it is that I'm building or how the API needs to look like. But in the long run I can't keep going like that.
I fully agree! But that's a different thing. Of course the ability to quickly innovate is important, but you are implying that the current state of affairs is a necessary consequence. It's not.
I also like to "quickly innovate" by hacking some proof of concept code. Exploration is important and fun. I don't write a test first, or no test at all, if I don't even know yet fully what it is that I'm building or how the API needs to look like. But in the long run I can't keep going like that.