Tests that you write in order to contribute to a robust test suite are good.
Tests that are written to comply with a policy that requires that all components must have a unit test, and that test must be green, could be good. Often, they are just more bullshit from the bullshit factory that is piling up and drowning the product, the workers, the management, and anyone else who comes too close.
I feel that it’s still correct to call both of these things tests, because in isolation, they do the same thing. It’s the structure they’re embedded in that is different.
Tests that are written to comply with a policy that requires that all components must have a unit test, and that test must be green, could be good. Often, they are just more bullshit from the bullshit factory that is piling up and drowning the product, the workers, the management, and anyone else who comes too close.
I feel that it’s still correct to call both of these things tests, because in isolation, they do the same thing. It’s the structure they’re embedded in that is different.