Post #3916393
2026-07-14 15:05 UTC
Using Rails system tests always seems to reinforce my position that that Rails system tests are a bad idea.
"But they validate a whole workflow!"
They validate only the hopes and dreams of the person that wrote them and carry a misguided expectation of deterministic execution that ends up blocking everyone when that expectation is wrong.
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@jamie@zomglol.wtf 2026-07-14 15:08
Every team I've worked with since before Rails called them system tests has spent a ridiculous amount of time and effort dealing with them failing intermittently for reasons nobody understands.
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@toddsundsted@epiktistes.com 2026-07-14 15:29
@jamie@zomglol.wtf "hopes and dreams tests" is my new forever name for these tests