That stall happens when tests stop being a design tool and become just a correctness check. Switching the prompt from "Does this work?" to "What would break if this core assumption changed?" has helped me break through it.
That shift from “does this work?” to
“what breaks if this assumption is wrong?”
is very close to what I’ve been circling around.
For me, the stall seems to happen when green tests stop reducing doubt
and start just confirming structure.
Integration-level tests sometimes help me reintroduce that pressure.
felixasher|1 month ago
That shift from “does this work?” to “what breaks if this assumption is wrong?” is very close to what I’ve been circling around.
For me, the stall seems to happen when green tests stop reducing doubt and start just confirming structure. Integration-level tests sometimes help me reintroduce that pressure.
Really appreciate you articulating it so clearly.