Milan Jovanović • 4/25/2026

The Test Pyramid Is a Lie (and What I Do Instead)

This article argues that the traditional test pyramid, popularized in 2009, is outdated due to modern infrastructure like Testcontainers and Aspire. The author shares a personal bug story where high unit test coverage missed a critical error, advocating instead for a testing strategy with a thick layer of integration tests against real databases and services, with fewer unit tests for pure logic. The piece offers practical insights for software developers on improving test reliability and reducing bugs.

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