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I Don't Trust My Own Code (lackofimagination.org)
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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

As a dev I've been on both sides to be honest. Especially when there is pressure to finish the next task. I think it needs good planning to create enough time for these things.

In the end bad devs will still shut you up about things they are not interested in fixing...

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've done a lot of "then go get approval from the stakeholder to go ahead with this bug/problem".

    If product wants it out now now now they can sign off on it not working on mobile, so when their boss has a fit about it I can point to the conversation where Ryan said it was fine.

    I've mostly worked at smaller companies though.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've caught problems in code review and had to do this even.

    Often it's reading it and realizing there's a complicated edge case or they missed something entirely.

    Sure we can make a different ticket for that to move this along, but we're getting product to agree first.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Sure we can make a different ticket for that to move this along, but we’re getting product to agree first.

    Ooof, I'm glad I never worked there.

    QA's job should be to make sure the bugs are known/documented/prioritised. It should never be a roadblock that interrupts work while several departments argue over what to do with a ticket.

    Seriously who cares if the current ticket is left open with a "still need to do XYZ" or it gets closed and a new one is open "need to do XYZ". Both are perfectly valid, do whichever one you think is appropriate and don't waste anyone's time discussing it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    No one cares if you leave a ticket open due to a bug or incomplete feature

    Product sure as hell cares if you're going to ship a bug or incomplete feature.

    Never worked at company that wasn't the case in over 15 years.

    Product owns the work they ask us to do. We do their bidding.

    And we certainly aren't allowed to just change the scope of tickets at our own discretion without checking in

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