Delivering features: 10 Reasons why you should write that test! ⚙️ 👾
by Ahnaf Prio | at Minnebar 16
Let's be honest, most of us would not write tests if we did not have to. Does anyone truly enjoy writing them? You know what? I'll just admit it: I HATE IT! However, in my little career working for a fortune 500 company and an emerging startup: I have to admit tests have made my life so much easier! I find myself being able to rewrite the entire codebase (with a different design pattern, framework or program language) and knowing that my tests are there to validate my work I can soundly sleep at night merging and deploying that horrific PR into the master branch knowing nothing is broken.
In summary, this is going to be a talk from a developer who hates tests advocating for writing them. Pretty contradictory and hypocritical? Yeah I know.. that's why its not going to be boring .. DUH! 😜
Ahnaf Prio
Ahnaf Prio is a Senior Engineering Manager at Best Buy, where he leads the agentic commerce team. He is the former CTO of Invive.io, a biotech startup that explored innovation in the life insurance space. He previously served as CTO of Tavolo, a restaurant technology company recognized as Emerging Startup of the Year in Minnesota (2021). He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the University of Minnesota Morris Alumni Association and on the Neighborhood Sales Tax Revitalization Board for the City of Saint Paul.