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← High code coverage does not guarantee that code is well tested or of high quality.

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Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under design design Everything filed under vibe coding vibe coding Everything filed under code generation code generation Everything filed under documentation documentation Everything filed under developer tools developer tools Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: High code coverage does not guarantee that code is well tested or of high quality. High code coverage does not guarantee thatcode is well tested or of high quality. Last stated 7 years ago 4 Feb 2020 MP Maxence Poutord — holds since 2020-02-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Covering every line of code in tests does not guarantee covering every possible program state. — tap to centre the map on it Covering every line of code in testsdoes not guarantee covering everypossible program state. Last stated 4 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SS Salvatore Sanfilippo — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Code is abundant, but customer trust is not. — tap to centre the map on it Code is abundant, but customer trustis not. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 CV Claire Vo — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Code that is complex or clever can pass its tests while still being bad code. — tap to centre the map on it Code that is complex or clever canpass its tests while still being badcode. Last stated 11 years ago 22 Oct 2015 TB Thorsten Ball — holds since 2015-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Code that is difficult to test is a sign of other design problems. — tap to centre the map on it Code that is difficult to test is asign of other design problems. Last stated 5 years ago 24 Jul 2021 ML Marc Littlemore — holds since 2021-07-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Code that looks plausible is not evidence that it behaves the same as the program it was derived from. — tap to centre the map on it Code that looks plausible is notevidence that it behaves the same asthe program it was derived from. Last stated a month ago 19 Aug 2026 JS Jon Seager — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Test coverage is a tool for finding untested code and says nothing about how good the tests are. — tap to centre the map on it Test coverage is a tool for findinguntested code and says nothing abouthow good the tests are. Last stated 14 years ago 17 Apr 2012 MF Martin Fowler — holds since 2012-04-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated code is not fully reliable and typically needs significant manual effort to keep it working correctly. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated code is not fullyreliable and typically needssignificant manual effort to keep itworking correctly. Last stated 4 months ago 16 Jun 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Code is not a sufficient source of truth for managing understanding. — tap to centre the map on it Code is not a sufficient source oftruth for managing understanding. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn fromits mistakes the way a person does-- it repeats the same errorindefinitely unless a human noticesand writes it down. Last stated 6 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on. — tap to centre the map on it A coding-agent company should nottrain its own model: it has to stayneutral ground for models to competeon. Last stated 4 weeks ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company on a monolith cannot use AI on it: no model in the next eighteen months will hold that codebase, so the monolith has to be broken up or rewritten. — tap to centre the map on it A company on a monolith cannot useAI on it: no model in the nexteighteen months will hold thatcodebase, so the monolith has to bebroken up or rewritten. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A compiler that also serves an IDE has to be lazy and deferred throughout — a different way of building compilers from the one the textbooks teach. — tap to centre the map on it A compiler that also serves an IDEhas to be lazy and deferredthroughout — a different way ofbuilding compilers from the one thetextbooks teach. Last stated 5 months ago 13 May 2026 AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling. — tap to centre the map on it A good tool raises the floor of whatpeople can build without loweringthe ceiling, and almost every toolquietly lowers the ceiling. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A new API framework that ignores how existing apps were historically built undermines its own introduction — tap to centre the map on it A new API framework that ignores howexisting apps were historicallybuilt undermines its ownintroduction Last stated a month ago 31 Aug 2026 CH Craig Hockenberry — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person at maximum vibe-coding speed has about three productive hours a day, and a company that will not let them stop there is going to break. — tap to centre the map on it A person at maximum vibe-codingspeed has about three productivehours a day, and a company that willnot let them stop there is going tobreak. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of achievement in software survives writing almost none of the code yourself. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of achievement in softwaresurvives writing almost none of thecode yourself. Last stated a month ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A team can stop reading the code it ships, but only by first working out how its agents are to prove that what they wrote actually works. — tap to centre the map on it A team can stop reading the code itships, but only by first working outhow its agents are to prove thatwhat they wrote actually works. Last stated 6 months ago 19 Mar 2026 SW Simon Willison — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
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At the centre High code coverage does not guarantee that code is well tested or of high quality. Last stated 4 Feb 2020 · 7 years ago Holds Maxence Poutord Read this korrent →