Push Fearlessly with Automated Testing

Move faster by moving slower

Conventional wisdom is that writing tests slows you down, because the alternative is that you don’t need to write tests. In fact, Meta (then Facebook) was famously lacking of automated test inline with it’s famous “move fast and break things” mantra. However, from what I’ve seen, I beg to differ. This is part of a series (The Opinionated Engineer) where I share my strong opinions on engineering practices. Subscribe to the newsletter today! You will need to manually get this secret from here Subscribe You can also checkout previous issues here before deciding. When to write tests? # If you love something, put a ring test on it. ...

May 4, 2025