For sure more original than photography these days 🙂

Same year I got a Pentium 166 MMX for Christmas

I could understand a politician...but a doctor

Pareto principle on steroids 🤣

Big enough to cover everything (that you know about 🤣) but small enough to not hinder evolution

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And here's the real kicker: as tests become more intricate, they can become less reliable. Ironically, you might end up with a situation where your tests themselves become a source of uncertainty.

With an overly complex test suite, you might find yourself spending more time updating tests than actually improving the code.

But in reality,you can end up with a test suite that gives you a false sense of security.Just because you have hundreds of tests doesn't guarantee your code is bulletproof.

It's like building a complex bureaucracy of verification each test becomes another layer of paperwork that needs its own management.
Consider how quickly things can spiral. You might start with good intentions, believing more tests mean more reliability.

But there's more to this story than just extra work. Have you ever been in a situation where you felt overwhelmed by your own test suite? As tests proliferate, they start to create their own set of challenges.

Primarily, I'm referring to redundant tests of a piece of code that has already been covered elsewhere. The main problem with over-covering is the necessity to modify multiple tests when you change the behavior of your productive code.