damszewPersonal blog for sharing thoughts about different practices and patters used to create clean and efficient softwarehttps://damszew.dev/Types don’t just describe your code. They test it too.https://damszew.dev/blog/types-dont-just-describe-your-code-they-test-it-too/https://damszew.dev/blog/types-dont-just-describe-your-code-they-test-it-too/How a strong type system documents and tests your code, eliminating entire families of tests.Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTBalancing Unit and Integration Tests: How Project Maturity Shapes the Ratiohttps://damszew.dev/blog/balanding-unit-and-integration-tests-how-project-matiruty-shapes-the-ratio/https://damszew.dev/blog/balanding-unit-and-integration-tests-how-project-matiruty-shapes-the-ratio/Unit tests or integration tests? How a project's maturity shapes the right balance between the two.Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTTDD Is Just a Single Tool - Not a Whole Toolboxhttps://damszew.dev/blog/tdd-is-a-single-tool-not-a-whole-toolbox/https://damszew.dev/blog/tdd-is-a-single-tool-not-a-whole-toolbox/Why I stopped following the Three Rules of TDD to the letter, and my pragmatic approach to automated testing.Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTCoding Dojo: Avoid Brittle Tests by Writing Better Assertionshttps://damszew.dev/blog/coding-dojo-avoid-brittle-tests-by-writing-better-assertions/https://damszew.dev/blog/coding-dojo-avoid-brittle-tests-by-writing-better-assertions/An employee report kata showing how over-specification leads to brittle tests, and how better assertions keep tests stable.Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMTTDD == Development Made Righthttps://damszew.dev/blog/what-is-a-tdd-in-practice/https://damszew.dev/blog/what-is-a-tdd-in-practice/How Test-Driven Development helps you build better software faster, and the common mistakes developers make along the way.Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT