Why would it be a joke?

I did a double take when I read your comment, but the more I think about it: You are right. Assuming this is not a joke, it is probably a good idea! There must be lots of legacy software from 60s/70s/80s that runs on mainframes for gov't/military/banks/insurance. It won't be replaced, but it would great to add tests when making changes to code.

Edit: Great HN username!

>There must be lots of legacy software from 60s/70s/80s that runs on mainframes for gov't/military/banks/insurance. It won't be replaced, but it would great to add tests when making changes to code.

Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky describes in some detail the job position of programmer archaeologist (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_archaeology>). Set thousands of years in the future, such archaeologists search archives going back to the early days of Unix for useful code.

Look at the logo. Looks like a play on Cobol being "ancient" technology and unit testing being something "hipster".

I read it more like self-aware, tongue-in-cheek humor.