Uncle Bob: agents write unit tests, humans review QA and final checks
burny_tech · x · 2026-07-25
Uncle Bob says his agents write the unit tests, while he reviews acceptance tests, QA procedures, and final manual tests.
He argues that agents speed up the work between initial specification and final verification, but clean code still matters and agents need to learn how to produce it.
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