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Our readingWhat is a korrent?

Code that is complex or clever can pass its tests while still being bad code.

Drawn from what Thorsten Ball said

What these subjects mean

simplicity Less, but better: reduction as the way to make something good, and the argument about when it goes too far.

software quality Whether a program is any good and how anyone would know: tests, review, debt, and what a suite cannot cover.

What are tests for, and how much testing is enough?under our view: Coverage is the wrong target: a high number says little about how good the tests are

What Thorsten Ball actually said

  1. Thorsten Ball Co-founder of Amp and co-host of the Raising an Agent podcast
    A lot of complex, "look at this clever trick", overly-abstracted, unreadable code works and makes the tests pass.

    ↗Write Stupid Codethorstenball.com

    22 Oct 2015

    All 3 korrents from this piecethis one is 2nd

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