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Or skip the test and just think about it before. We do not need to be "tricked" into thinking about / creating better designs


There is ample literature pointing out that yes, we do need to be tricked into doing it, or we might not do it.

There is also a lot showing that "just thinking about it before" often leads to useless abstractions and complications, while doing TDD properly leads to an appropriate level. YAGNI, KISS and all that.

I mean, this is all arguable, and has been since XP boomed in the late early 2000s, but it's disingenuous to ignore it.




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