"I remember when evals were called unit tests" — dev pokes at AI jargon
aronchick · x · 2026-09-29
Developer aronchick quips that the AI industry's much-hyped "evals" are just unit tests under a new name, a wry observation on how AI engineering practice repackages traditional software engineering culture.
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