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by MoreQARespect 372 days ago
It's silly and extreme and dogmatic because that's what he's like as a person. This is as much reflected in his political views - not just coding.

It might not be such a problem in other professions but good software development is heavily trade off oriented so dogmatism is especially dangerous.

It's a shame because TDD is pretty good but he puts people off it.