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by patrick5415 2569 days ago
No, it would not be more efficient. I’ve tried this route and it hands down consumes way more time. Until it’s clear that something will get re-used, it’s most efficient to leave it dirty.

The software types love to sht on researchers for their poor quality code. Yet a few threads over, there’s always a discussion about how more tests don’t make it onto the kanban board (or whatever you guys are using these days) when crunch time approaches. It’s not just us.