David Burns: Testing Shouldn't Be a Chore. Here is How to Make it Automatic.

Let’s be honest: nobody wakes up excited to do chores.

For a lot of engineering teams, testing feels exactly like that, a tedious, manual chore tacked onto the end of a long sprint. The developer finishes the feature, throws it over the wall, and prays it doesn’t bounce back with a list of bugs.

When testing feels like an extra burden, people skip it, rush through it, or resent it. And that’s exactly when critical issues slip through into production.