Devs debate whether LLMs should write tests: 'tests expose things memory can't hold'
ivan_bezdomny · x · 2026-10-09
The author admits he fell for a bait about whether LLMs should write tests, then makes a serious case: many people genuinely believe having LLMs write tests is wasteful, but tests are simply a good idea.
His argument: tests expose issues that can't be held in a human's memory; if tests are too expensive to write, fix the test rather than skip it. A pragmatic defense of keeping tests in AI coding workflows.
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