Testing is not the point. The point is about responsibility.
I mean, source code in files; how quaint, how seventies!
Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment.
How good the design is doesn't matter near as much as whether the design is getting better or worse. If it is getting better, day by day, I can live with it forever. If it is getting worse, I will die.
The community isn't nearly as afraid as it thinks it is.
I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.