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Comment by nyrikki

1 day ago

The 100% test coverage metric is far more then "entirely useless" it is typically incredibly harmful.

Brittle meaningless tests tend to lock bad decisions in, and prevent meaningful refactoring.

Bad tests simply are code debt, and dramatically increase the future cost of rework and adaptation.

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