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[mistermann]

Indeed, they seem to have achieved what many have said is literally not possible.

Also, some might remember when they had Uncle Bob on the podcast, the topic being unit testing, and iirc Bob preaching the gospel (~ you must write plentiful unit tests, or else) and Jeff and Joel (especially) more or less saying they don't quite get why.

(Am I remembering this story correctly? I swear that's how I remember it.)

[jacques_chester → mistermann]

It's been my experience that outside-in TDD seems like impossibly strict nonsense until you do it with someone who is good at it.

Then after a while it seems like an obvious way to work.