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Modern TDD - Unit Level
When a Component has high Business Logic complexity, there will be many Component Tests, so the test execution time gets slower and slower due to…
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Valentina Jemuović
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Why Your TDD Initiative Will Fail
Before you go all-in on TDD, read this first
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Valentina Jemuović
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Test Doubles II - Live Q&A
Watch now | Watch my Live Q&A - Unit Tests (Part 4) (9th July) replay where we answered additional questions regarding Unit Testing
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Legacy Code Modernization Roadmap
The Old Test Pyramid tells you that Unit Tests are most important. But I'll reveal to you a "secret": in Legacy Code, you should NOT start with Unit…
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Modern TDD - Component Level
When a System Level Test fails, we have no idea where's the problem: is the problem with the Frontend or with the Backend (which Microservice)? How can…
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Business Impact of Automated Testing
How to influence managers to move away from Manual QA Regression Testing?
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June 2025

Modern TDD - System Level
Teams who adopt automated System Tests tend to write them at the end of the Sprint. Developers & QA Engineers discover (late) they misunderstood the…
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From Zero to Bestseller in 2 Months: Here’s What You Didn’t See
A recording from Valentina Jemuović and Ciler from Newsletter Circle's live video
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Ciler from Newsletter Circle
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Test Doubles - Live Q&A
Watch my Live Q&A - Unit Tests (Part 3) (18th Jun) replay where we answered additional questions regarding Unit Testing
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Valentina Jemuović
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Why Software Delivery is so slow?
Agile promised us fast delivery. So why are most teams still struggling with delivery speed?
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Valentina Jemuović
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Modern Test Pyramid - Unit Level
When tests are slow, the feedback to developers is slow, and the cost of rework is high. How can we get faster feedback?
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Valentina Jemuović
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Unit Tests should NOT mirror code (Michaël Azerhad)
If your unit tests are mirroring your source code structure - one Unit Test per class, then you're doing it wrong.
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Valentina Jemuović
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