Repetitive use of the same pesticide mix to eliminate insects during farming will over time lead to the insects developing resistance to the pesticide thereby rendering the mix ineffective. A similar phenomenon may be seen while testing software. As testers keep repeating the same set of tests over an over again, the software being tested develops immunity to these tests and fewer defects show up. As you execute the same set of repetitive tests over an over again, your software eventually builds up resistance resulting in nothing new being revealed by the tests.
Further, every method you use to prevent or find bugs leaves a residue of subtler bugs against which those methods are ineffectual. In order to overcome the pesticide paradox, testers must regularly develop newer tests exercising the various parts of the system and their inter-connections to find additional defects. Also, testers cannot forever rely on existing test techniques or methods and must be on the look out to continually improve upon existing methods to make testing more effective
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