It's funny to see Uncle Bob take offense at being called a fundamentalist and then follow with this gem:
> If you aren't doing TDD, or something as effective as TDD, then you should feel bad.
"Fundamentalist" is hyperbole, which is par for the course in blog posts that want to attract traffic, but the sentiment is real, and Uncle Bob perfectly demonstrates that the qualification is justified. Like most extreme advocates, he's trying to get us to believe in something based on faith instead of facts.
Yes, I caught that too. Bob definitely comes off as very insulted, and the post is largely emotion rather than facts.
Personally I am so tired of hearing lines approximating Bob's statement (if you don't do x you should feel bad) that I can no longer consider anyone whom utters them credible. It is provably false (Linus has no reason to feel bad), and a disservice to the entire programming community.
There is no silver bullet, stop acting like there is. Different things work for different people.
That said, while I agree that DHH came off pretty extreme (I don't think TDD is bad, just the overzealous proponents), I am glad that he did. It is really nice to have another very public figure speaking with equal passion and in utterly concrete terms to present to people whom are struggling with some degree of impostor syndrome over their dislike of TDD.
> If you aren't doing TDD, or something as effective as TDD, then you should feel bad.
"Fundamentalist" is hyperbole, which is par for the course in blog posts that want to attract traffic, but the sentiment is real, and Uncle Bob perfectly demonstrates that the qualification is justified. Like most extreme advocates, he's trying to get us to believe in something based on faith instead of facts.
"If you don't do it, you should feel bad".
Last time I heard that was in a church.