I suppose the closest thing to physical ownership on PC is putting a GOG game onto an external drive.

Not ideal. Probably an indicator something is wrong with the class interface. Though, need a tool to do it when you're in a bind and need to ship. Need to be able to honestly know when you're using the tool as a crutch for bad designs vs dealing w/ deadline, and then learn how to do better next time

Personally:

Unit: xUnit
Focusing on higher risk and higher complexity modules first, working down lower as time permits

(Didn't ask, but:)
Integration: xUnit + test containers
Acceptance: SpecFlow and/or xUnit (many other options too depending on solution)
E2E: Playwright

Automated volume too. Only need to ask: "Can I have one more dissertation, please?"

I've always thought I'd find the most meaning, fulfillment, joy, satisfaction, and sense of connection interacting with a deluge games that humans had nothing to do with. I can't wait for human creators to be replaced. You know, for efficiency; the ultimate consumption experience

tldr: I know things, you know things, we barely know anything; same as always

Even within a stem field, there's a full range of people: from the brilliant to the ones it doesn't click with at all.

Plus, stem is so vast that anyone can be really good at a single or a few aspects of it and still be awful at all the rest.

Grumpy Old Man Strikes Back

Some problems are defined by conditional complexity, but many are not. Ideally, we should be modeling code accurately to the problem context - and I know "just get it done" and "I'm used to this way" sometimes, unfortunately, wins out.

Seems like using the right tool for the job. Conditionals offer a lot of flexibility, but if you functionally need to look up a value based on a key, then that extra flexibility isn't needed. A lookup table would make perfect sense. Preferring right tools, no uneeded functionality.

I hope upscaling counts too

Best I can say about how to make your own tests at first: is that you just need to know and define what you want to go into your mystery box and what you want to come out of it. Inputs and expected outputs, all day every day