Google Testing Blog: Two-Way Doors — Don't Code Yourself into a Corner
rseroter · x · 2026-10-07
- Google Testing Blog's "Two-Way Doors: Don't Code Yourself into a Corner" argues engineers should make fewer one-way-door decisions and deliberately engineer reversibility into code.
- The piece warns against over-engineering for hypothetical future flexibility — rarely needed — and favors designs that leave room to back out and adjust.
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