tef on Nostr: i have just seen someone in all earnestness say "avoid branching because it makes ...

i have just seen someone in all earnestness say "avoid branching because it makes testing easier" and like i don't know where to begin with dismissing it

you should not be making your code harder to read in order to make it "easier to test", it will always backfire

advice that needs expertise to apply correctly is always useless: beginners do not benefit from it and experts dont need pithy dogma to follow