Dreams of Code: "<cough>TDD</cough>"

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I was a huge unit test supporter, but honestly, it's no longer worth it. Agents are superb at writing extremely bad unit tests, and they still look good on paper. We're also shifting slightly to more and more e2e tests at @PlanetScale. Luckily with agents, that shift is also manageable.

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JR@Jacob_Ninja·2d

@dreamsofcode_io You've got my attention. How does this work for you? For context I like writing tests first as a "wishful thinking" exercise to iterate on interface and dependencies before an implementation pass

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Dreams of Code@dreamsofcode_io·2d

This works best for regressions I find, but I have a skill that prompts the agent to prove that something doesn’t work or a behavior isn’t implemented by writing a test. Then it has to wait for me to run the test and review it for correctness before it can implement the change. I’ve found this solves a lot of the garbage testing that agents like to create and I can actually proof that the fix was implemented. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than not doing it.

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JR@Jacob_Ninja·2d

@dreamsofcode_io Gotcha so it's like a red/green strategy to make sure the test is valuable. Thanks 👍

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