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"I stopped reading code because I was too busy writing a gauntlet of unit tests"
Sounds like 100x productivity to me.
Edit: also, general note - I think you kneecap your argument when you start with "I'm older than you".
There is a 0% chance he wrote all those tests himself anyway
I hope he at least read them.
Claude summarized 'em
He didn't, but he has unit tests for them.
Made me laugh out loud, ty
Nah, then he wouldn't have been saving any time.