Effective Workflow Strategies for Software Development
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unsupp0rted
All dough, no crust. Filling but forgettable.
Summary
The article discusses a workflow strategy for software development, emphasizing the importance of small pull requests (PRs) and balanced testing. It suggests making PRs small but not overly minimal, writing a test suite covering 50-80% of the code, and avoiding brittle tests for hard-to-test components. The focus is on maintaining code correctness and company stability.
Key quotes
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Intend to write at least one nice-ish test suite that tests like 50-80% of the LOC in the PR.
Tests only do two things: help you make the code correct right now, or help the company keep the code correct in the future.
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