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From: Thomas <thomas.wilson@oxwash.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 20:42:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] blog: Will what drove you here drive you away from here?

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+title: Will what drove you here drive you away from here?
+date: 2023-02-15T20:37:35.854Z
+slug: 2023-02-15-tests-drive
+author: Thomas Wilson
+
+---
+Tests should drive the development of software (*caveat caveat backtrack backtrack*).  That means if you find yourself somewhere in the codebase making some kind of change, it should be because the test took you there.
+
+If you're not careful, you're somewhere because it was nearby and it looked or smelled off.
+
+Unfortunately, this looks an awful lot like tidying up after yourself or moving things around to make an incoming change easier.
+
+Tests give you a ride out of where you are.  They give you a point of reference to understand, really, how far away from the path you are.  By doing something as simple as re-running the test you're working on, you might be able to hit the ejector seat, or let the bungie cord pull you back up.
+
+Sometimes you're driven somewhere because without a clear answer to that question \"when am I done?\".  What drove you there won't necessarily drive you back, at least reliably or directly.
+
+It's very easy to let a *this didn't quite feel right* feeling take you down the [Yak Shaving](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yak_shaving) route.  
+
+Unlike my favourite theory of Software Engineering as a RuneScape Quest, when you're Yak Shaving you might not even be doing something that makes the next thing easier.  
+
+You might be improving things, but it's happening by random sprawl.  
+
+Tests are a vehicle that drive you, and they're also a tool to get you out.
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