How BAD Is Test Driven Development? - The Standup #6

Twitch https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen Discord https://discord.gg/ThePrimeagen Chapters 0:00 Show Intro 1:54 PRIME ON TDD 4:32 Trash’s Thoughts 7:27 Casey on TDD vs OOP 11:03 Bugs Despite TDD 11:39 TJ Gets IN 15:31 Prime Pushes Back 16:20 Refactoring Woes 17:00 WTF IS WRONG WITH TRASH 20:02 Missed Bug Story 22:55 PDD Explained 27:00 NeoVim Test Suite 34:00 Testing by Project 38:42 Code Coverage Feels 40:06 WHY DID PRIME DO THAT 43:05 Signing Off Is Test-Driven Development a Waste of Time? | The Standup Podcast Ep. 6 🔥 In this episode of The Standup, the crew dives deep into one of the most debated practices in software engineering: Test-Driven Development (TDD). Is TDD still relevant in modern development? Does it improve code quality, or does it waste precious dev time? 👨‍💻 Featuring developers with strong and hilarious opinions — including Primeagen, Trash Dev, TJ, and Casey Muratori — this roundtable conversation covers: Real-world pros and cons of TDD Golden/snapshot testing explained (and roasted) When to test before vs. after writing code How TDD affects API design, architecture, and mental sanity Stories from the trenches at Netflix, Neovim, and beyond Performance-Driven Development (PDD)? Yes, that’s a thing now. The infamous Falkor bug that could’ve taken down Netflix 😳 Keywords: TDD debate, is TDD dead, test-driven development podcast, software engineering discussion, developer podcast, snapshot testing, golden testing, Neovim testing, Primeagen podcast, Netflix developer stories, backend architecture, software testing strategies, code quality vs velocity, performance-driven development, test coverage myths #TDD #SoftwareEngineering #DeveloperPodcast #Primeagen #Neovim #BackendDev #Testing