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by hbrn 1277 days ago
> Code coverage starts to be useful once you let go of it as a goal and ignore the total percentage number

When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

It takes immense discipline to actually let go of a metric to keep it valuable.

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Funny thing that 100% coverage really helps for dynamic typed languages. It's easy and helpful.