Writing tests is an investment that's going to be paid back

Things you should test and things you shouldn't

Write enough tests that, when you run them, you're sure that your application really works.

At what point does it become complicated enough that you do write tests?

On structuring your unit tests without dependencies

The functional core imperative shell pattern

The Case for Test-Driven Development

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