alt Hacker News> Granted a bit more work if you want to do things like input/output validation too,
A bit? A proper input validator is a lot of work.
> Granted a bit more work if you want to do things like input/output validation too,
A bit? A proper input validator is a lot of work.
If you aim for 100% coverage of the API you're integrating with, sure. But for most applications you're going to only be touching a small surface area, so you can validate paths you know you'll hit. Most of the time you probably don't need 100% parity, you need Just Enough for your use-case.