How to Write Simple Tests that Scale with Codebases, Organizations, and Changing Requirements

In this video we talk about testing software at scale with respect to codebase size, org size, and requirement changes. I also give some strategies for handling these scalability concerns with simple testing frameworks.

Original blog post with all links and code: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-08_how-to-write-simple-tests

CTA: Get a fun() tshirt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA1j3ukcgMM

Chapters

03:50 - Why do we test? 
11:00 - What does it mean for a Test to be Scalable? 
15:20 - Dimensions of Scale for real-world testing
20:05 - Strategies for writing tests that Scale
27:30 - How to Write Simple Scalable Tests
34:50 - How I write tests
43:05 - Testing like this is too hard!

Links:

- My Career as a Software Engineer so far (6 yoe, ex-Meta, ex-Founder) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VupR_6tQEb8
- Build a Simple Result type in Python - and why you should use them - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P7J2wI46sg
- The HAM Stack - A Simple Scalable Tech Stack for building modern web apps fast and cheap - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLnZtg63h1I

About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer. I build Simple Scalable Systems to make the world 1% better.

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- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY

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