Local Service Testing

Overview

Test against real services locally before pushing. CI validates—it doesn't discover.

Core principle: If you mock what you can run locally, you're hiding bugs.

Announce at start: "I'm using local-service-testing to verify changes against real services."

The Iron Law

CI DISCOVERS NOTHING.
IF CI FINDS A BUG, YOUR LOCAL TESTING FAILED.

Local services exist for a reason. Use them.