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I've heard several people talk about test infection over the past two years. I am going on the record right now. I don't think that having tests means that the code base itself is good. I do wish, however, that there were tests for the code base that I am troubleshooting right now.

I understand that there were operational concerns with providing the ability for full testing. I understand that I bowed to those concerns. I now wish that I hadn't. It forces development into a reactive rather than a proactive stance when it comes to addressing live errors. And that just sucks. Code needs innoculation against the dangers of the wild. Hasn't Dorothy Vallens taught me anything? Argh.