Every other web UI framework has embraced signals to precisely re-render
only the components that need to re-render. React hasn't, but curiously,
React has doubled down on lifting state with useMemo, and now React compiler.
What are they thinking?
Deno intended to be the redo of 'Javascript outside the browser', making it simpler while getting rid of the legacy.
However since 2022, Deno is trying to imitate Node more and more, and this is destroying Deno's ecosystem and undermining its own goal.
In my last article, I wrote about Testcontainers' dependency on Docker socket access, and a potential way to remove it.
But how further can we push that method?
How to run external dependencies in containers to support your unit tests and clean them up reliably, without Docker socket access or additional privileges?
How do you test your own routing protocol without a real network?
Are you afraid to change existing code because 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'? You might want to change your mind.
I decided to switch from writing unit tests after writing implementation to using Test Driven Development. In the process, I document my first experiences.