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bm1362 on Oct 31, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Clojure at Netflix (2013) [slides]

I’ve found that overly using spec leads to more maintenance than upside. We went all in using spec and generators when they were released and ended up having to debug the specs themselves. 2c

jwhitlark on Oct 31, 2018 [–]

I think of spec like seasoning; if you put lots on everything, you ruin the dish.

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