Ask HN: Founders, how much automated tests do you write?

• bind9_parser

  2 15 0.0 Python

  Bind9 Parser in Python that can process all of ISC Bind configuration files

When working with Regex and PyParsing, I find it imperative to maintain unit tests on everything small because I am dealing with over 2,400 abstract keyword combination built out of some 423 EBNF syntax of ISC Bind9 named.conf configuration file and all in Python.

Tiny mistakes that I make are caught early on, and development gets a solid foundation in which to build the proper abstract syntax tree.

source: https://github.com/egberts/bind9_parser

• firestarter

  5 28 6.2 TypeScript

  A starter kit for quickly building your next app. Side project or startup! (by mcapodici)

This is something I have been considering as I work on firestarter [0] which is a going to be an open source starting point for building a SaaS.

I decided tests are a good thing to have, and especially when already set up and you can easily add more by following the pattern.

I prefer unit tests that are narrow in scope and avoid IO interactions (for example databases)

Of course anyone using my framework can ignore the tests if they desire. But my gut feeling is tests save you time in the short run as well as long run.

[0] https://github.com/mcapodici/firestarter

• InfluxDB

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  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

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