"value":"\n <p>Today, I saw a Twitter poll - \"Poll: Imagine your team has to build a project with either types or tests. You can't have both.\".<\/p>\n\n<p>The results were:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Types - 50.9%<\/li>\n<li>Tests - 49.1%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>I was surprised by this.<\/p>\n\n<p>If I can't add type declarations (type hints) or return types, I can still write tests to check what happens when different types are used.<\/p>\n\n<p>I can also perform checks and throw errors or Exceptions if something isn't what I'd expect.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"here%27s-the-thing\">Here's the thing<\/h2>\n\n<p>I use types heavily, but I'd be more confident that my application would work if I had tests and that's the main objective when writing code for myself or clients and for my clients' customers.<\/p>\n\n ",
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"processed":"\n <p>Today, I saw a Twitter poll - \"Poll: Imagine your team has to build a project with either types or tests. You can't have both.\".<\/p>\n\n<p>The results were:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Types - 50.9%<\/li>\n<li>Tests - 49.1%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>I was surprised by this.<\/p>\n\n<p>If I can't add type declarations (type hints) or return types, I can still write tests to check what happens when different types are used.<\/p>\n\n<p>I can also perform checks and throw errors or Exceptions if something isn't what I'd expect.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"here%27s-the-thing\">Here's the thing<\/h2>\n\n<p>I use types heavily, but I'd be more confident that my application would work if I had tests and that's the main objective when writing code for myself or clients and for my clients' customers.<\/p>\n\n ",