My Attempt To Get Outsourced Colleague To Write Good Code

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My Attempt To Get Outsourced Colleague To Write Good Code

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The eternal battle between code quality advocates and those who just want to ship it! That desperate moment when you're practically begging your outsourced colleague to write unit tests, only to receive the bluntest "No" in return. It's like trying to convince someone that flossing is important—they know they should, but they're definitely not going to. The code coverage report remains at a pristine 0%, while the technical debt compounds faster than your student loans. Who needs tests when you can just push to production and pray? What could possibly go wrong?

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