AI will write 748 tests — except they are all the wrong ones
chrisalbon · x · 2026-10-03
Chris Albon distills a common failure mode of AI coding assistants into one line: models will happily generate 748 tests, but they tend to be the wrong ones — quantity of test code goes up while the critical paths and edge cases that actually matter go uncovered.
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