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		bornfreddy on June 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked... Why only those two options? It could be just "the company had other priorities and developers, while they appreciated Travis's work, didn't find it worthwhile to carry the torch themselves". Having a great testing framework is just one of the things that need devs' attention.

MathMonkeyMan on June 28, 2024 [–]

Fair point, it's a false dichotomy; though your example is close to "the org wasn't ready for it," which is itself vague.

Maybe the issue is that it easily comes apart without a dedicated censor, so to speak, and nobody wanted to have that role.

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