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← The more your tests resemble the way your software is used, the more confidence they can give you.

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Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under code generation code generation Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under design design Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under Apple Apple 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: The more your tests resemble the way your software is used, the more confidence they can give you. The more your tests resemble the way yoursoftware is used, the more confidence theycan give you. Last stated 9 years ago 23 Mar 2018 KD Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2018-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Unit tests alone give little confidence in a program, because the mistakes people actually make are not the conveniently unit-testable ones. — tap to centre the map on it Unit tests alone give littleconfidence in a program, because themistakes people actually make arenot the conveniently unit-testableones. Last stated 9 years ago 5 Oct 2017 HW Hillel Wayne — holds since 2017-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: The industry is now accumulating code faster than it is accumulating trust, and trust only comes from having struggled to understand the domain yourself. — tap to centre the map on it The industry is now accumulatingcode faster than it is accumulatingtrust, and trust only comes fromhaving struggled to understand thedomain yourself. Last stated 4 months ago 1 Jul 2026 KB Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: On everyday high-stakes questions, a model's answer can now be trusted more than an expert human's. — tap to centre the map on it On everyday high-stakes questions, amodel's answer can now be trustedmore than an expert human's. Last stated 4 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is more to a great app experience than elegant code that passes tests. — tap to centre the map on it There is more to a great appexperience than elegant code thatpasses tests. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Oct 2026 FV Federico Viticci — holds since 2026-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Software becomes more robust when the names used inside its code reflect the intention behind it. — tap to centre the map on it Software becomes more robust whenthe names used inside its codereflect the intention behind it. Last stated 4 months ago 17 Jul 2026 KR Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-07-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Software is not less rigorous than traditional engineering; its record-keeping and automated verification are better than most of that field's. — tap to centre the map on it Software is not less rigorous thantraditional engineering; itsrecord-keeping and automatedverification are better than most ofthat field's. Last stated 6 years ago 20 Jan 2021 HW Hillel Wayne — holds since 2021-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Confidence can be faked until it becomes real. — tap to centre the map on it Confidence can be faked until itbecomes real. Last stated 16 years ago 13 May 2010 AA Andrei Alexandrescu — holds since 2010-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Confidence in a memory is not evidence of its accuracy, and our sense of how our own memory works is systematically wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Confidence in a memory is notevidence of its accuracy, and oursense of how our own memory works issystematically wrong. Last stated 4 months ago 13 Jul 2026 AC Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model can now port essentially any codebase from one programming language to another, work that used to take a team over a year. — tap to centre the map on it A model can now port essentially anycodebase from one programminglanguage to another, work that usedto take a team over a year. Last stated 3 months ago 27 Jul 2026 BC Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A strong manual coding background helps developers spot algorithmic weaknesses and flaws in generated code. — tap to centre the map on it A strong manual coding backgroundhelps developers spot algorithmicweaknesses and flaws in generatedcode. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Oct 2026 AT Adam Tornhill — holds since 2026-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agentic AI is becoming almost as big a CPU story as a GPU story. — tap to centre the map on it Agentic AI is becoming almost as biga CPU story as a GPU story. Last stated 6 months ago 24 Apr 2026 AJ Andy Jassy — holds since 2026-04-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it "I don't know" becomes a kind ofsuperpower when you can work withClaude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — 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 7 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 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — 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 6 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 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 CH Craig Hockenberry — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The more your tests resemble the way your software is used, the more confidence they can give you. Last stated 23 Mar 2018 · 9 years ago Holds Kent C. Dodds Read this korrent →