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June 27, 2026
22b. There’s no such thing as a slow unit test. With tightly scoped unit tests testing behavior, your tests act as a de facto specification for your code. Ideally if someone wants to understand your code, they should be able to turn to the test suite as "documentation" for the behavior. A great presentation on unit testing practices is Fast Test, Slow Test, by Gary Bernhardt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAxiiRPHS9k
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