# Is There Value in Spaghetti Testing? ft. Ryan Lucht

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Published: 2025-02-12T02:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Why are we wasting spaghetti? It's delicious! We shouldn't be throwing it at the wall... Well Ryan "Big Brain" Lucht definitely is a big time lover of playing with food. And he makes a compelling argument for spaghetti testing, which delved into conversations into prioritization frameworks, should we TRY to "test everything," and other topics. We got into: -Spaghetti testing (Should you do it? Or nah?) - Pure experimentation jobs are hard. And you’ll have to fight a LOT. But Ryan and Shiva have tips to help you on this journey - What we can (and can’t) learn from big companies who have mature testing programs Timestamps: 00:00 Episode Start 02:31 What Is Spaghetti Testing? 09:33 Ryan Argues More "At Bats" (Tests) Needs To Be Priority (And He May Have A Point...) 19:30 There Are Some Major Things We Can Learn From Mature Experimentation Programs 26:10 Ryan Explains Experimentation Roles Can Be Frustrating and Demoralizing (WE KNOW RYAN....WE KNOW) 33:44 More Exploration to Things We Can Learn from Mature Experimentation Programs 43:51 Shit You Need to Know: David Bland Go follow Ryan Lucht on LinkedIn. - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlucht/ And check out some of the cool thought leadership on Experimentation hosted by Eppo: - https://www.geteppo.com/outperform Make sure you go follow David Bland and check out his post too! - https://tinyurl.com/FromAtoB-David Subscribe to our newsletter for more memes, clips, and awesome content! https://fromatob.beehiiv.com/ If you have listener questions, submit them at https://tinyurl.com/askfromatob for a chance to be featured too!

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