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TDD earns its keep only where work alternates rapidly between doing and learning; choosing it is a practical decision, never a moral one.

Drawn from what Kent Beck said

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

Mental modelFeedback loops

On the topicWhat are tests for, and how much testing is enough?under our view: Test-driven development is a tool for some kinds of work, never a test of professionalism

What Kent Beck actually said

  1. Kent Beck Creator of extreme programming and test-driven development
    It's when you have this rapid alternation between I do a thing, I learn a thing, I do a thing, I learn a thing, I do a thing, I learn a thing. That's where TDD is really powerful. But it's not a moral decision. It's a practical decision.

    Where this was said

    Watch from 1:23:16 plays here

    ↗How Kent Beck shapes the software engineering industryyoutube.com

    1 Jul 2026 · video · 2h 28m · spoken · machine transcript

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