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by throwitaway222 734 days ago
Well, if you build it robust enough, you can test less. Not saying testing is worthless, but sometimes a one-piece that used to be 45 pieces held together by rivets is just, much much more resilient.
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It’s a bit of chicken and egg to know if you built it robust enough without meticulous testing of your robustness
Robust enough to not need testing == too heavy to be cost-effective.