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Writing code with a coding agent and no tests at all is indefensible, because the old objection to testing — that it is extra work you then have to maintain — no longer applies.

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  1. Simon Willison

    Co-creator of Django and creator of Datasette

    I think I see people who are writing code with coding agents and they're not writing any tests at all. That's a terrible idea.

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    ↗Simon Willison: Engineering practices that make coding agents work - The Pragmatic Summityoutube.com

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