# Testing the Test

URL: /show/coder-radio/398/
> The guys can't help but laugh when they hear the test tests one well-known online giant is testing. You might say they get a bit testy.

- Show: [Coder Radio](/show/coder-radio/)
- Episode: 398
- Date: 2021-01-27
- Hosts: chris, michael
- Duration: 00:36:35
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/cde8dcd0-189c-41a4-aca2-5a9dfe0ac579.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/SSlriP9tHhQ



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