Matt Pocock: Blame the codebase, not the agent, for bad tests
mattpocockuk · x · 2026-10-12
Matt Pocock argues that when an AI agent writes a bad test, the fault lies with the codebase that permits it — i.e. missing conventions, lint rules, and CI guardrails — rather than with the agent itself.
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