Developers Debate Whether Unit Tests Still Matter in the AI Coding Era

Developer 0xrwu argues that 99% of unit tests are now dead weight in the AI coding era, proposing an end-to-end-first testing strategy with no mocking, even running tests on production accounts via tools like Playwright, sparking heated debate among developers.

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