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simonw on Feb 28, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Testcontainers

I prefer having the freedom to change the interface between my components without then having to update large numbers of mocked tests.

Aeolun on Feb 29, 2024 [–]

Sure, that's a tradeoff that you make. Personally I update my implementations more often than I update the interfaces, so I'm happy to take that hit when modifying the interface in trade for knowing exactly where my implementations break.

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