top | item 47157690 Tests Are the New Moat 11 points| taubek | 4 days ago |saewitz.com 4 comments order hn newest verdverm|4 days ago If I cannot see the tests, why should I trust the project is thoroughly validated?I suspect this backfires because1. The media cycle is making more of this because that's what they do, speculate to the fullest extent.2. It's likely that much of it doesn't need tests or can make sufficient tests from scratch to get most of the way there3. Have agents run the real software and build up a test suite, +1 days nylonstrung|4 days ago Great article. I foresee people rediscovering 'Test Driven Development', probably with a new buzzword slapped on it _aavaa_|3 days ago Reinforcement learning with program feedback conception|4 days ago Agentic Reassurance Patterns
verdverm|4 days ago If I cannot see the tests, why should I trust the project is thoroughly validated?I suspect this backfires because1. The media cycle is making more of this because that's what they do, speculate to the fullest extent.2. It's likely that much of it doesn't need tests or can make sufficient tests from scratch to get most of the way there3. Have agents run the real software and build up a test suite, +1 days
nylonstrung|4 days ago Great article. I foresee people rediscovering 'Test Driven Development', probably with a new buzzword slapped on it _aavaa_|3 days ago Reinforcement learning with program feedback conception|4 days ago Agentic Reassurance Patterns
verdverm|4 days ago
I suspect this backfires because
1. The media cycle is making more of this because that's what they do, speculate to the fullest extent.
2. It's likely that much of it doesn't need tests or can make sufficient tests from scratch to get most of the way there
3. Have agents run the real software and build up a test suite, +1 days
nylonstrung|4 days ago
_aavaa_|3 days ago
conception|4 days ago