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Comparisons·14 June 2026 · 6 min read

BDD scenarios vs plain test cases: when Gherkin earns its keep

Given/When/Then isn't automatically better than a plain test case — it buys shared language with non-testers at the cost of ceremony. Whether that pays off depends on who actually reads and co-writes your tests.

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Opinions·6 February 2026 · 7 min read

Stop writing BDD tests you don't actually need

Cucumber and Gherkin make sense when non-technical stakeholders write tests. They don't make sense when engineers write tests for engineers. Here's the pragmatic test: who actually reads your tests?

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