"value":"\n <p>I'm sure you've seen code comments that say the code will do something when, in fact, it does something different.<\/p>\n\n<p>Or documentation that has become outdated and stale and no longer correct.<\/p>\n\n<p>Automated tests and other tools, such as static analysis, are executable documentation, so they can't become stale.<\/p>\n\n<p>If the implementation code changes and no longer matches the tests, the tests will fail, and either the implementation or test can be updated.<\/p>\n\n<p>Then, if you need to refer to the test, as long as it's passing, you know what it shows is still applicable.<\/p>\n\n<p>The same can't be said for markdown files, Confluence pages, Word documents or other static documentation.<\/p>\n\n ",
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"processed":"\n <p>I'm sure you've seen code comments that say the code will do something when, in fact, it does something different.<\/p>\n\n<p>Or documentation that has become outdated and stale and no longer correct.<\/p>\n\n<p>Automated tests and other tools, such as static analysis, are executable documentation, so they can't become stale.<\/p>\n\n<p>If the implementation code changes and no longer matches the tests, the tests will fail, and either the implementation or test can be updated.<\/p>\n\n<p>Then, if you need to refer to the test, as long as it's passing, you know what it shows is still applicable.<\/p>\n\n<p>The same can't be said for markdown files, Confluence pages, Word documents or other static documentation.<\/p>\n\n ",