>This is really interesting, probably controversial, but worth a lot of contemplation and I wonder how this could apply to software.
I was wondering that too. Is it the same as deleting unit tests?
I was wondering that too. Is it the same as deleting unit tests?
A manufacturing line is more analogous to software during use than it is to software during creation.
Because a factory would still test its input, or the input would have been tested by the supplier.
Once something is tested and worked out, it's like they become a little redundant.
In software of course re-iterating the tests is maybe cost free, whereas in physical production 'unit tests' introduce maybe non-negligible costs so the 'advantage' in not having to repeat them possibly makes a difference.