Uncle Bob says agents can write unit tests, while humans review Gherkin and QA
burny_tech · x · 2026-07-25
- Uncle Bob says he has agents write the unit tests and does not review those directly.
- He does review the Gherkin specs and QA procedures, at least to some degree.
- He also sets the constraints for metric analysis and coverage tools, keeping the evaluation layer under human control.
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