Test quality follows module design: test larger units instead of banning AI tests
mattpocockuk · x · 2026-10-08
The author argues AI-generated test quality depends on codebase module design — better codebases yield better tests. He advocates testing in larger units enforced by dependency checkers, noting tautological tests are a plague but banning all tests is the wrong response.
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