The assert statement has been a developer’s quick tool for years — but in 2025, more teams are ditching it in production. ✅ Why? assert disappears in optimized mode (-O), breaking critical checks It raises generic AssertionError, making debugging harder Logs and metrics tied to assert can silently vanish

May 2, 2025 - 05:20
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The assert statement has been a developer’s quick tool for years — but in 2025, more teams are ditching it in production.

✅ Why?

  1. assert disappears in optimized mode (-O), breaking critical checks
  2. It raises generic AssertionError, making debugging harder
  3. Logs and metrics tied to assert can silently vanish