I didn’t intend to discredit it, sorry if it sounded that way.
And, as I work for a telecom nowadays I get it that not everything can be neatly put into automated tests indeed. Or stuff like Nerves[-like] environments where you actually have to send physical signals – another valid use-case.
So yeah I don’t disagree with you either, it’s just that I’d always default to automated tests if the environment allows for it. If for no any other reason than this one: from one point and on I want to progress and automated tests give you confidence that you at least didn’t break what was working before.
