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0 pointsashtonkem5y ago0 comments

Good observability standards and fast releases catch more bugs than meticulously maintained test suites, imho.

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nd5y ago· 2 in thread

I actually think if you squint testing is part of observability, except it gives you signal during the development phase. And observability as a concept is fundamental to a reliable system.

ashtonkemOP5y ago

I see where you’re going, but I think if we start defining tests as part of observability then we’ll water that term down to meaninglessness.

snovv_crash5y ago

If there's a bug and no test suite to try to reproduce it, how do you know you actually fixed it?

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