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Douwe Osinga's Blog · Jan 1, 2026

The High Cost of Free Testing

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(this first appeared on Block's blog ) I hold the generally unpopular opinion that we write too many tests. Most tests written have negative value and should not only not have been written, we're better off actively deleting them. Most tests don't ever catch bugs. They fail when the underlying code changes as intended, not when it breaks. The result is a growing tax on improvement disguised as…

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