About whether writing tests first is enough to verify AI-written code.
Has this happened?
Yes 79 (65%)Not sure 29 (24%)No 14 (11%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether writing tests first is enough to verify AI-written code.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Agreed 1000%. But that can be a lot of work; creating a good set of tests is nearly as much or often even more effort than implementing the thing being tested.
When LLMs can assist with writing useful tests before having seen any implementation, then I’ll be properly impressed.