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I must confess that it analyzes the repos "the old way"... and I never agreed that too many tests are a problem anyways (too many bad tests are, ok) but I heard it from colleagues quite a lot when working in startups and that's what a candidate is likely to hear too

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Yeah it is a nuanced topic. Maybe the response should be "think about..." rather than prescriptive.

I have worked places where the sacred test suite slows people down to a grinding halt but it is hard politically (as in convincing 20 people with different concerns) to get that changed without being CTO yourself.

But also I am thinking if tests feel "throwaway" and cheap to make then adding them is no big deal. If CI becomes too long just prune it up again.

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