Stop testing your (de)serializers

One of the goals of automated testing is “testing as a safety net” but that doesn’t mean that you should unit test everything. (De)serialization is an example of something that you should not test directly.

According to the hexagonal architecture, an adapter belongs to the outer layer of your app; it’s the glue between a component and the outside world, whether a database, a gateway for a REST API, your own REST API, etc. Adapters should…