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Having an AI agent write tests costs tokens in the short run and saves them in the long run, because the classic failure is that the code does not work.

Drawn from what Kent Beck said

Subjectscoding agentssoftware quality
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software quality Whether a program is any good and how anyone would know: tests, review, debt, and what a suite cannot cover.

Mental modelSecond-order thinking

On the topicWhat are tests for, and how much testing is enough?under our view: Coding agents make tests matter more than they ever did

What Kent Beck actually said

  1. Kent Beck Creator of extreme programming and test-driven development
    It costs tokens in the short run, but it can save them in the long run because one of the classic genie mistakes is stuff doesn't work.

    Where this was said

    Watch from 1:21:42 plays here

    ↗How Kent Beck shapes the software engineering industryyoutube.com

    1 Jul 2026 · video · 2h 28m · spoken · machine transcript

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