I have an urge to damn it all and delete tests left and right and leave it to whoever touches the untested code next to write it from scratch.
But there's some knowledge stored in these tests that would be a real loss. And I doubt my teammates would like losing the regression tests, even if they're a bit slow and unwieldy.
Every path is hard :(
Large, slow tests aren't just a burden on your testing and development process.
They're also a trap for spending way too much time and energy reworking them to be smaller and faster and then not being sure what you actually accomplished at the end of the day.
- Me, having fallen into said trap today. 💀
@polyrain Online, I would browse game jams on itch.io and find an associated, active Discord community that I vibe with.
Physically, locally, I would search on Google or Facebook for game jams or meetups in my area.
@Bdellar Nice! I think a four-day week wouldn't work so well for me personally, I barely know what to do with myself in the weekend.
How has it worked out for your team?
It reminds me of "slashing the load" as @GeePawHill puts it, on a personal level. Hoping to see these kinds of effects.
For my next three week sprint starting tomorrow, I've decided to cash in my overtime and work 6 hour days for its entirety. As an experiment.
Now that it's almost here, I'm really hyped to see what happens! Two extra hours of time and energy every day! What's that going to do for my off-work routine??
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